Iraq attacked us when, Sam? Tim
> -----Original Message----- > From: Sam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 5:52 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Sen. Kennedy agrees > > > Wasn't it Hamilton that said if we are attacked we're already at war > and it doesn't need to be declared? > > Yes it was: > > "The Congress shall have power to declare War;" the plain meaning of > which is that, it is the peculiar and exclusive province of Congress, > when the nation is at peace, to change that state into a state of war; > whether from calculations of policy or from provocations or injuries > received: in other words, it belongs to Congress only, to go to War. > But when a foreign nation declares, or openly and avowedly makes war > upon the United States, they are then by the very fact, already at > war, and any declaration on the part of Congress is nugatory: it is at > least unnecessary. This inference is clear in principle, and has the > sanction of established practice. It is clear in principle, because it > is self-evident, that a declaration by one nation against another, > produce[s] at once a complete state of war between both; and that no > declaration on the other side can at all vary their relative > situation: and in practice it is well known, that nothing is more > common, than when war is declared by one party, to prosecute mutual > hostilities, without a declaration by the other. > > > On 1/26/06, Scott Stewart wrote: > > Were....not....at....war......it's....never....been....declared...... > > > > Scott A. Stewart > > ColdFusion Developer > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:194631 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
