We have been doing things stupid lately, starting wars but never defining or declaring them. It is like girls getting pregnant and then deciding whether they want to get married or not. Well you got the baby now, so you better do something. Starting a war without consulting and receiving the consensus of the full representative government is a formula for stupid. It is a formula for “video game” idea of war - Americans support them as long as they don't seem quite real (no bond rallies, no personal sacrifices).
Going to war without declaration serves to hide the fact that we fight too many wars, that we are like the world of 1984, where we are perpetually at war and therefore perpetually justified in the suppression of native liberties and standards of republican government. 24 x 7 marital law is the inevitable result of the practices of late.
Well stated. Sometimes thinking seems to take too much effort. The politicians serve up a round of cherry flavored Kool Aid and everyone drinks and for the moment are merry.
Always remember that politicians and officials always benefit from a dumbed down manipulable society and the ability to act unilaterally....we the people do not. Everything our government does needs more (not less) checks and balances.