[Grut]

The first thing is, declare war. Otherwise whatever we do becomes 'policy', intrinsically no more important than any other policy and subject to endless debate and 'clarification' of priorities.

Without a declaration of war we will have a few weeks of bombing (and bombast!) followed by Congress wandering off after whatever brightly colored object flits across its collective vision, wondering aloud whether a negotiated settlement might not be better after all and whether the money being 'wasted' on retribution might not be better spent on domestic programs....

[xzins]

I absolutely agree on the declaration of war point. For one, it is Constitutional.

I believe it's in the Constitution because a declaration of War provides CLARITY and OBJECTIVE.

[garyhope]

You've got this nailed. Good post.