And say we are in a war with terror. When the congress pays for it, they are in effect rubber stamping it.
Neither presidents nor Congress have ever acted under the belief that the Constitution requires a declaration of war before the U.S. can engage in military hostilities abroad. Although this nation has used force abroad more than 100 times, it has declared war only five times: the War of 1812, the Mexican-American and Spanish-American Wars, and World Wars I and II. Without declarations of war or any other congressional authorization, presidents have sent troops to fight Chinese Communists in Korea, to remove Manuel Noriega from power in Panama and to prevent human rights disasters in the Balkans. Other conflicts, such as the Persian Gulf War, received "authorization" from Congress but not declarations of war.
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"The power to declare war, including the power of judging
-- James Madison
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Rob
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ill-health, and ultimately. moving country intervened I had no knowledge (or retained no knowledge) of the 1973 Act and appreciate knowing about it now, much as I dislike it from the little I know about it. I'm going to have to learn much more about it. It seems to take care of my complaints.
Rob
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Maybe too small to count according to some, but my rule of thumb is "if they make a movie about it, it's a war".
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your quote made me grin.
and if it is not a war, with good pr, it will be.
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"a) IN GENERAL- That the President is authorized to use all necessary and appropriate force against those nations, organizations, or persons he determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, or harbored such organizations or persons, in order to prevent any future acts of international terrorism against the United States by such nations, organizations or persons."
Congress declared war
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