Am I 'Anti-American'?

lewrockwell.com ^ | March 13, 2002 | Joseph Sobran

[mrsmith]

"He does have a point about declaring war"

No, he certainly does not.

However, if you mean Congress should authorize a war (and I think this is what you mean) that is a valid point.
The Congress has seldom declared war, but has- from our earliest days- usually authorized them by various acts(eg: Quasi-war, Barbary war, Indian wars).

The Executive has the power to act in our self-defense, but that is very limited.

[hopespringseternal]

My oh my! Merely asking what we are up to is not helpful? I ask why our guys don't just dust the entire country of Assganistan, then get the H--- out?

I see your concern for 3000 murdered Americans is overwhelming.

We will be 'nation building' in every third world hole in Asia, in short order! Yes, some must be replaced with real countries ( that Islamic Fuedal thing has to go ), but we shall never be able to spare the dead soldiers or print enough money to manage the enterprise.

Is that the subject? I thought it was whacking terrorists. Dead soldiers is an awful thing, but less awful than dead families killed when your fruitcake heroes flew planes into buildings.

Has any withdrawal from our Balken Adventureland yet been anounced? Maybe Disney will come in there to run a new vacation destination, under UN oversight, of course?

What does that have to do with September 11 and whacking terrorists?

Maybe we are going to just annex the whole damn world? I might be all for that, if Jim Rob & some guys like you & the usual crowd from FR are in that new NWO, but you know the likes of Coffee A-Ninney & Henry the K & George Soros ( & his ilk ) would really run any show we put up.

You are a raving lunatic.

Oh for Maggie Thatcher & Renaldus Magnus to again be in the saddle!!

As much as I admire Reagan, he dropped the ball on terrorism repeatedly. From Carter until now when 3000 dead Americans turned it into a problem that could not be ignored, each and every American president largely ignored the problem.

Perhaps the most pivotal point for dealing with these thugs occurred on Reagan's watch. His only effort was too little too late.