This is where things get really gray for me personally. I mean I am a constructionist. Therefore, I feel that ONLY congress should have the ability to declare war, and the president to conduct the war once it is declared. When looked at according to that litmus test I can find problems with what we are doing overseas.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 5:01 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: On a Mission From God > > > Larry wrote: > > You mean you would put additional requirements for serving in > > Congress. If so then what's the difference between what you suggest > > and being ruled by a military junta? > > > > Junta is a cool word. But to answer your question, I'm > simply making the point that it's easy to send people to war > when you've never done it yourself and don't know anyone > that's been killed, maimed, or injured. > > Overall, however, I'd say things have changed so maybe I > needn't worry. > > While some will insist that Congress "voted for war" the > truth is closer to "they voted to give the President the > authority to go to war > *IF* Hussein's UN obligations weren't met". > > While there'll discussion about that (which can only be > cleared up by a thorough review of the Congressional > Resolution that was voted on) it will result in one key thing: > > No future President, for the next couple of decades probably, > will be able to send people to war without a productive > review from Congress. > That should protect our soldiers from wars of choice like Iraq. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:184692 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
