[inquest]

I think you'll find that the Geneva Convention will still apply to whatever military action we're about to take against Iraq, as it did in the last war with them.

But in any case, if it's true that the reason Congress hasn't explicitly declared war is that the authorization they passed has a different legal meaning than a declaration of war, then that's proof positive that Congress isn't following the Constitution. There's simply no way around that.

[elfman2 on another computer]

"then that's proof positive that Congress isn't following the Constitution"

No it isn’t. You’re just making this stuff up as you go along. I don’t have time for this.