[Theophilus]

Congress needs to be held responsible via the declaration of war. Though I cringe when I hear RP make moral equivalence arguments that seem to favor our enemies, I totally agree with him on the necessity of a declaration.

[conimbricenses]

Agreed. I've always thought it's silly and naive to treat rogue nations like Iran, Saddam-era Iraq, Taliban Afghanistan etc. like they are "equals" on the community of nations. But at the same time, they are still nations and should fall under the conventions of war when we engage them.

There was absolutely nothing about our invasion of Iraq that did not qualify as a full fledged war against another government as defined under the Constitution. Sure, it was a weak petty tyrant government in a crappy part of the world. But it was a government, and we made war on it. So why the hell couldn't we be honest with ourselves and declare that war like the Constitution required?

Where I differ with Paul on that sort of thing is I get the feeling he'd vote "no" on most wars that I'd vote "yes" on. But there still needs to be a vote.