[Askel5]

Yeah ... but what I'm asking is how those tribunals were granted the authority (and abridged due process) that Bush has granted here. Was it EO or Act of Congress?

And, speaking of "Acts of Congress" ... I appreciate how serious they are about their support what with the PATRIOT ACT and all but ... until this nation actually declares a honest to God war against another nation or individual, I'm really a little weak on all the parallels to World War II.

If the articles cited above are correct and this is a whole new concept of (unending) war studded with intense military engagement as dictated by the sort of "national interests" which embroiled us in the Balkan, I suggest we quit taking comfort in how we used to do things and start inspecting more closely the shape of this new animal which is coming together very rapidly -- at home and abroad -- given how "unawares" and "ill-prepared" we were.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

"national interests"

Really crude of us to think that stopping more WTC abominations might be in our national interests. Sorry we aren't all as refined as you.

[Senator Pardek]

Well, I'm sure it's as constitutional as the War On Doctor-Assisted Suicide, but that don't matter, no?