To: Jack Black
"Why is it that this bitch has never had to answer for her behaviour?"
Vietnam was not a declared war by congress therefore they cannot try her for anything she did or said.
18 posted on
05/27/2006 11:26:41 PM PDT by
jwh_Denver
(If your ship hasn't come in it's probably because she ported in Kansas City.)
To: jwh_Denver
You should have clicked on that "snopes" link in post #10.
No requirement in either the Constitution or federal law states that the U.S. must be engaged in a declared war, or any war at all, before charges of treason can be brought against an individual.
27 posted on
05/28/2006 12:23:03 AM PDT by
loboinok
(Gun control is, hitting what you aim at!)
To: jwh_Denver
Not sure about that. There is no formal process called out for a declaration of war. The Vietnam War is universally ackowledged as a war at this time, and was seen that way. "Military Action" was authorized by Congress in the Gulf of Tonkin and many many authorization bills. Thinks like war-time draft ...
I think it's a hyper legalism that doesn't align with American history to claim that Vietnam was not a war.
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