You're right. They're not in The Constitution. Things like fighting and defeating terrorism, and the ideologies, networks and states that nurture and support terrorism, just aren't covered in The Constitution; certainly not as in to how such policy might benefit peoples or nations other than our own.
It's kinda like with that whole communism thing. Nothing in The Constitution required us to challenge and defeat the U.S.S.R., and nowhere in that beautiful, spare and rational document are there grounds provided to weight the benefit of lifting 100's of millions of humans out of totalitarian oppression.
Somehow that never bothered me at the time.
You mean like the Saudis? Oh, I keep forgetting they're our 'allies' in the War on Terror aren't they? Tell me, considering that we practically elect an entirely new government policy every four years by electing a President, and the fact that contrary to some belief around here that Republicans will be in the White House for the next 30 years, and the fact that even Fox News anchors and talking heads admit this 'war' will go on for at least a generation, who's going to be the next target in the WOT? Conservatives? Christians? I'm sure sooner or later there will be some group somewhere that's got a soft spot in your heart the new WOT will go after. Mind you, I'm not an Arabic supporter, I fully support the right of Israel to exist (an Israeli supporting paleo-con, imagine that), but these excuses to go to war seem to be ever growing
Or am I not supposed to ask questions like that and blindly support the Patriot Act, and the roving WOT which mysteriously keeps away from our 'allies' supporting same said terror of which the war is on?
WOT, I like that, kind of like the WOD (War on Drugs), WOP(War on Poverty, WOI (War on Illiteracy), the ever present WONSBW (War on Non Seat Belt Wearers thought up by Sen Elizabeth Dole (R) ), and any other 'War on' the national government can come up with. Heck, before long, maybe the 'conservatives' can spend some more money coming up with an entirely different branch like they did for 'Homeland Security'. This new branch's only purpose will be to come up with things to go to war on. Followed closely by the Ministry of Silly Walks I imagine.... Sorry I digress on the continuing growth of our national government coming from a party that used to support limited government