To: SoldierDad
Undeclared? Ah, the Mantra of the left!!!!! No, sir. It's the mantra of the Constitution. After 9/11, Bush should have asked for a declaration of war. 9/11 was our December 7th.
But Bush was more interested in nation-building than in crushing radical islam. Result: Afganistan = Vietnam repeated.
To: Leaning Right
There was a declaration! Congress signed off on both Afghanistan and Iraq. What more do you want with respect to both of these being legal wars? As far as Afghanistan becoming “Vietnam”, that is attributable to Obozo.
13 posted on
04/18/2013 8:43:19 PM PDT by
SoldierDad
(Proud dad of an Army Soldier who has survived 24 months of Combat deployment.)
To: Leaning Right
After 9/11, Bush should have asked for a declaration of war. Find me anywhere in the Constitution where it says that Congress' power to declare war must take on a certain and specific form of language. ANYWHERE.
Congress gave the President approval to use military force -- that is more than sufficient. There is no "magic phrase" that makes that any more or less legitimate than a so-called formal declaration of war.
87 posted on
04/19/2013 6:54:00 AM PDT by
kevkrom
(If a wise man has an argument with a foolish man, the fool only rages or laughs...)
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