<DIV>It's not an official declaration of war. The last time the US declared war was in WWII. Since then this constitutional restraiont on executive powers has proved dispensible. jks<BR><BR><B><I>Shane Taylor <s-t-t@juno.com></I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Mike B):<BR>> But Shane, Doug, anybody......did Congress ever<BR>> declare war on Iraq officially in the first place?<BR><BR>Congress did give him an open-ended authorization. I don't know if that<BR>counts, but it doesn't matter in practice. Plus there was the<BR>President's speech that Ian fwd'd.<BR><BR>I didn't think too much of the comment, since demands to release POWs<BR>could also be countered by turning them into "enemy combatants."<BR><BR>-- Shane<BR><BR><BR>________________________________________________________________<BR>The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand!<BR>Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER!<BR>Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!<BR>___________________________________<BR>http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk</BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><p><hr SIZE=1>
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