> ...I am at one level profoundly upset and distressed by the Bushies'
> refusal to ask Congress for a Declaration of War against "Al-Qaeda,
> the Taliban de facto government of southern Afghanistan, and Others
> Yet Unknown allied with them." It means that the U.S. domestic and
> international security apparatuses will never return to their state as
> of September 10.
Of course to do so would be to admit what is obviously the case but not adverted to -- that the the US is flouting international law, specifically the UN charter, to which it is bound. --CGE