[US at Risk]

Oops, didn’t mean to add fuel to the fire. Crazy excessive spam bugs me, too, but some is actually funny, in the best tradition of American political humor.

[US at Risk]

While the crickets were chirping, I looked up Letters of Marque in the Free archives and came up with this:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1153347/posts

Very interesting, and I can see the potential for modern-day application. Issue the letter, obtain necessary permissions from necessary parties through diplomacy, then blammo. Harboring would be right out in the sunlight for all to see. RP hit this one out of the park, IMO.

Didn't mean to jump into the middle of your argument! I responded to the cartoon when I saw it, unaware of the later discussion.