[ConservingFreedom]

I already said that war should be declared by Congress.

(Reprisals are also Constitutional upon receipt of a letter from Congress.)

So declarations of war or letters of reprisal are to be issued against domestic targets? Talk about a living Constitution ... Al Gore got nuthin' on you.

[xzins]

A war on drugs, cf, is a war on an enemy domestic.

My pledge at commissioning was “all enemies foreign and domestic”.

I would have wanted Maj Hassan at Ft Hood shot as a member of the terrorist factions we’re fighting. I assume from your post that you wouldn’t have shot back there on Ft Hood.