OK, well I assume you are asking these questions rhetorically, but The Constitution gives Congress the sole power of the purse, it gives congress the ability to declare war, but it gives the President control over the army. The Declaration of war is more than just the deployment of troops.
It is the total full out war effort for the country, when congress declares war they enable certain things like the raising of an army via a draft, public food and materials rationing, the ability to quarter troops in the houses of the people, an number of other things. Was war declared in Korea? I don't know how that worked, that was a UN action against communism, I don't know the details of the political environment. The other ones, was war declared, nope, but aside from Vietnam, they were not in my mind wars, a war to implies a lot more. The President is Commander in Chief of the armed forces, and therefore can send the troops anywhere he wants anytime he wants. He does have to use Congress to get funding. Congress has passed laws allowing the President and in some cases other government agencies to use the military to operate when needed. In this day and age waiting a few extra days for Congress to declare war could cause major problems. What about when we send troops to Liberia, should we declare war on Liberia, we have troops on the ground, are they at war, should we have a formal declaration of war to send 2000 troops to keep the peace? At 03:55 AM 7/7/2003 +0000, you wrote: >ok, I guess you can disregard the question I just sent you about the >Patriot Act :) > >A couple of questions. Does the Constitution say that Congress will pass a >budget so that Congress is not called unpatrotic and against our boys, or >does the Constitution say that Congress will declare war? > >Second question, did Congress declare war on Grenada? Iraq I? Vietnam? (or >was that the Gulf of Tonkin that McNamara admitted lying to Congress >about?) Either way, did Congress declare war on North Korea? What about all >those actions in Central America over the fruit interests? Did Congress >declare war there? > >Dana ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
