[RightWhale]

Today I took an informal poll. Asked 20 people if we are at war or if this is just another police action or like the war on drugs or the war on poverty. 19 out of 20 said Congress didn't declare war, so we aren't at war. But one did mention the special war powers act, which he said the president is using. Another one said that we were attacked, on our own soil no less, and a state of war exists, and Congress was very generous in providing the President the wherewithall to pursue the war. One out of 20. Now it is probably 3 out of 20 that understand we are at war. The other 17 are all liberals.

[Texasforever]

One out of 20. Now it is probably 3 out of 20 that understand we are at war. The other 17 are all liberals.

I think it goes deeper than that. A certain segment of people that would blast any Republican administration have latched on to the "absence of declared war" to condemn anything Bush does. They don't really believe the argument but it "sounds right" and gives a thin veneer of respectability to hide their actual agenda.