I'm with you, captain!!*************************
But before we go, could you show me our Congressional authorization?
Just for form's sake, you know.
To: exodus
See number 228 above. Let's roll, okay?
# 230 by MHGinTN
I have no problem with going to war, MHGinTN.
I don't care if Osama, Saddam, and other bad guys started it. I don't care if the United States caused the problems by betraying allies and playing at king-making.
No matter who's responsible for creating the danger, the fact is that the danger exists. If my son murdered someone, and that man's relatives came to exact revenge on my family because they couldn't find my son, I would kill them.
The same holds true with our problems with the Moslem nations who support terrorism. I don't care WHY you want to kill my people, I won't allow it.
My problem is with the illegal actions of my government. War MUST be declared by Congress to be legal. We are a nation bound by the Rule of Law. That law is based upon the written Constitution.
I don't want my people killed by terrorists.
I also don't want to see our free society destroyed from within by illegal violations of the Rule of Law performed by my own government.
Make it legal.
Have Congress declare war.
The President shall be Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States
The air force isn't mentioned here. Do you think that the Air Force shouldn't recognize the president as the commander in chief? After all, the constitution clearly states that he's the CIC of the Army and Navy.