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To: SJackson
Congressman Paul, do you believe the president needs authorization of Congress to attack strategic targets in Iran, nuclear facilities? -- Mr. Paul: Absolutely. This idea of going and talking to attorneys totally baffles me. Why don’t we just open up the Constitution and read it? You’re not allowed to go to war without a declaration of war.

What part of this do you disagree with?

18 posted on 10/09/2007 3:58:15 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Congratulations Brett Favre! NFL's all-time touchdown leader)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

The part I disagree with is after that...where Ron Paul says we haven’t been attacked by another country in 200 something years. Read History. Pearl Harbor.


22 posted on 10/09/2007 4:01:38 PM PDT by Jay777 (My personal blog: www.stoptheaclu.com)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist; SJackson
"Why don’t we just open up the Constitution and read it? You’re not allowed to go to war without a declaration of war. "

You left out the rest of Paul's answer:

"...as far as fleeting enemies go, yes, if there's an eminent attack on us, we never had that attack in 220 years."
Of course you now know Paul forgot Pearl Harbor. But he also forgot the War of 1812, the Mexican attacks that precipitated the Mexican-American War, the Seminole attacks that led to the Seminole Wars... But Paul's policy positions require him to know little American history.
30 posted on 10/09/2007 4:33:17 PM PDT by drpix
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