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To: Sabertooth
No, his sticking point is that there should have been a formal declaration of war. I agree with him on that, but feel he sticks to it a bit much.

Wasn't that Congressional resolution a defacto declaration of war? Ron Paul's concerns are fatuous.

176 posted on 01/19/2004 10:39:40 AM PST by gatorbait (Yesterday, today and tomorrow......The United States Army)
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To: gatorbait
What exactly do you find so difficult to understand about the United States Constitution?




THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION

Article. I.

Section. 8.

Clause 1.
The Congress shall have Power To...

Clause 10: To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations;

Clause 11: To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;

Clause 12: To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;




That stupid, dusty old document. We don't need that anymore. Or is it a living document, that we can twist and change at a moments notice to suit the fancy of the day?

Whatever you may like to call yourself, you sure ain't a Constitutionalist or someone who cares about the Republic or the turn it's taken for the worse.
196 posted on 01/19/2004 12:32:07 PM PST by bc2 (http://thinkforyourself.us)
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