revisiting the classics

[Brad DeLong]

>On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Brad DeLong wrote:
>
>>  This is why 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.
>>
>
>Thanks for coming back, Brad.  This is an important point.  But isn't
>this "unknown allied" rhetoric a little dodgy?  From the way
>Bushies are describing terrorism, this throws a pretty wide net.
>
>Miles

Good point. Yes it is dodgy. Which is why a formal declaration of war 
might not have gotten through... Or at least we would have had a 
debate limiting the sphere within which military force might be 
used...

Brad DeLong