[sinkspur]

They set up a way to handle War against entities that were not Nation-States. Letters of Marque and Reprisal were the mathod. Since we haven't had to use them for a while doesn't make them less necessary.

Yea.

I can see a pot-bellied, Bo-Gritz-like character in his night vision gear running around in Afghanistan with absolutely no satellite data, no intelligence data, nothing but testosterone and his "letters of marque."

It's laughable Rob, no matter how "Constitutional" it is.

Let the pros handle this. They know what they're doing, and the country is behind them.

I'll be surprised if this is even brought up in committee in this session of Congress.

[StriperSniper]

running around in Afghanistan

Who says the "named and unnamed" are in Afghanistan? There are plenty of terrorists in countries that we don't want to go to war with. This sounds like a way to deal with that problem very well.

[nunya bidness]

I can see a pot-bellied, Bo-Gritz-like character in his night vision gear running around in Afghanistan with absolutely no satellite data, no intelligence data, nothing but testosterone and his "letters of marque."

I didn't see anything in the proposed legislation that said that the mercs had to be American citizens. Did you?

[philman_36]

I'll be surprised if this is even brought up in committee in this session of Congress.

I actually agree with you. Anything that enpowers the Citizens of this great nation is bound to fail. The government is the problem solver, not them.
Can't have those pesky Citizens actually thinking that they have power now can we.