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While the crickets were chirping,...

Not to worry. You're free to laugh at them. I've found some of them funny before back before the RP threads became nothing but a spamfest with the trolls reposting their earlier posts from other threads repeatedly and now resorting to such vast amounts of image spam that their intent is obviously to disrupt any discussion whatsoever.

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.

Precisely. With Blackwater recruiting so many talented special forces vets for big pay, why not use our most fundamental laws to authorize them to hunt down Osama and his henchmen? We already offered a $25 million reward for his capture to the public and recently increased it to $50 million. Why not offer the authorization of a letter of marque and reprisal to such an operation carried out by American mercenary forces since we already are using them so extensively in our war effort?

Why not offer the authorization of a letter of marque and reprisal to such an operation carried out by American mercenary forces since we already are using them so extensively in our war effort?

Actually that is how he will likely be caught. The GOP under a Jerry Ford E.O. abandoned this policy actually. As a result state sponsored terrorism was born. The very same wing of the party who pushed for the undeclared war in Iraq to be precise on the matter.

I get kind of angry when I hear people say Ron Paul will do nothing about the likes of such. His methods would likely produce a much higher success rate with minimal damage to us diplomatically in the eyes of other nations. There is no reason for any POTUS to strut around the Oval Office or on TV saying were coming to get you. Since when did we ever owe terrorist dictators any warning?

Saddam knew months in advance we were coming for him as did Bin Laden. And yet nobody can understand why it takes so long? Well Duh! A wiser POTUS and a tight lipped need to know members of congress could have saved our nation billions and their deaths {Saddam and Bin Laden} would have been back page news events.