I didn't see in that article where the US formally declared war. Also, there are NO rules for declaring war.
Article 1 Section 8 states that congress can declare war. No where is it stated that somebody else cannot. > -----Original Message----- > From: William Bowen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 6:55 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Sen. Kennedy agrees > > > Who would we declare war on exactly? > > How about al Queda itself? A precedent has been set. > > > Congress can only declare war on another state > > Not true. and in fact there is a precedence for a "stateless" > declaration of war. The Barbary War in 1805. > > http://hnn.us/articles/287.html > > > The rules of a declaration of war are hopelessly outdated in the era of > non-state actors > > with the capacity to carry out 9/11-style attacks. > > While I will not argue that the rules are outdated, they are _still_ > the rules. I have no problem with changinig the rules, but i will not > tolerate a government that changes them arbitrarily or unilaterally. > > > The President very clearly stated after 9/11 that we were engaged in a > war against Al > > Qaeda and more generally against terrorism that threatens our society. > > Once again, the President cannot declare war, nor does saying a state > of war exists make it so. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:194653 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
