Arguments for ground war - forget it

[Max Sawicky]

I completely agree, except with the harp seal part,
and I am surprised the Admin didn't seek such a
Declaration.  They could have gotten it easily.
They still can.  It would rev up the war effort
even more.  I suppose they don't want to set
a precedent of being democratically accountable
every time they decide to use force.

mbs

Yes, but the bourgeois procedural liberal inside of me sez: "If you 
want to shift from 'reasonable doubt-due process' mode to 'kill the 
fucks now' mode, first Congress has to send this particular piece of 
paper to the President called 'Declaration of War' and the President 
has to sign it. We have no business entering into what is essentially 
martial law without a duly passed Declaration of War."

Of course, then I take the bourgeois procedural liberal inside of me 
and club it senseless as if it were a baby harp seal...

Brad DeLong