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To: Politics4US
The president doesn’t need congress

Levin is simply wrong here...none of the Founders...not even Hamilton...would have agreed that the President can initiate a war without Congressional approval. That is not even really debatable. I'm not sure why Mark is trying to defend that position

50 posted on 03/29/2011 6:48:38 PM PDT by distressed
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To: distressed

Reagan went to war on that tiny island with out congress.

He didn’t do anything wrong.


57 posted on 03/30/2011 1:14:40 AM PDT by factmart
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To: distressed

I think the founders would have allowed the president to initiate defensive war in case of an immediate attack and then go to them later. Agressive war, as in Iraq and Libya, would first require authorization.


60 posted on 03/30/2011 7:31:59 AM PDT by Captain Kirk
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