On Fri, 14 Sep 2001 08:36:40 +1000
Keith Antoine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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| Joel Hammer wrote:
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| > You are right about that. Nations have avoided declaring war in the last 50
| > years. Strange. I guess they want to save paperwork.
| > However, FDR, without the consent of Congress, and in fact in opposition to
| > Congress and the majority of the American people, engaged in acts of war
| > against both Japan and Germany. For this alone he should have been
| > impeached. All the American dead in WW II are on his hands.
| > Germany at least wanted desperately to avoid hostilities
| > with the USA. I have read a lot about the Nazis.
I don't know if CNN is correct, but they said that in the history of the US,
there have been 125 official conflicts, and ony five had a declaration of war.
So, the US has avoided 'war' for quit a bit of time. But a 'conflict' is
another matter all together.
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