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I have put together this collection of US Declarations of War and resolutions for use of military force. I figure with so much discussion about the need for a use of force resolution or a declaration of war that it might be a good idea to actually look at the documents to see what we are dealing with.
1 posted on 09/10/2002 4:11:02 PM PDT by Straight Vermonter
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To: Straight Vermonter
When you get down to it, they're all pretty much the same. The People (through their reps in D.C.) authorize the POTUS to use military force on a foreign nation(s).

I may agree with only one or two on the list, but my opinion has no ability to alter Reality.

2 posted on 09/10/2002 4:18:44 PM PDT by Senator Pardek
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To: Straight Vermonter
Thank you.
3 posted on 09/10/2002 4:20:03 PM PDT by Steve Van Doorn
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To: Straight Vermonter
Congress is quite the weenie institution relative to what it was almost a century ago.
4 posted on 09/10/2002 4:55:47 PM PDT by PeoplesRepublicOfWashington
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To: Straight Vermonter
I believe this to be the first congressional resolution for use of military force.

"Sen. Journal--FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1792.
The Senate waited on the President of the United States at his own house, and the President pro tempore, in their name, communicated to him the address agreed to on the 8th instant, which is as follows: To the President of the United States:
...it is not without the most sincere concern that we are informed that the reiterated efforts which have been made to establish peace with the hostile Indians have hitherto failed to accomplish that desired object. Hoping by that the measures still depending may prove more successful than those which have preceded them, we shall nevertheless concur in every necessary preparation for the alternative; and, should the Indians on either side of the Ohio persist in their hostilities, fidelity to the Union, as well as affection for our fellow-citizens on the frontiers, will insure our decided co-operation in every measure which shall be deemed requisite for their protection and safety..."

Pretty casual. "Mad Wayne" laid a heavy defeat on the indians after they'd defeated two armies Washington had sent against them earlier- with no congressional authorization that I can find except for consultation and budgetary bills.

5 posted on 09/10/2002 4:58:55 PM PDT by mrsmith
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To: Straight Vermonter
BTTT
7 posted on 09/11/2002 3:04:54 PM PDT by Straight Vermonter
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