Michael Chertoff is a card carry member of the Neo-Conservative ideology that believes in constant war forever, including the pre-emptive type of war. His name appears on the "Project for a New American Century" website. Therefore, it is reasonable to ask; where do we draw the line? Clearly WW II was a war legally authorized by the US Congress. The war was clearly declared against countries that had attacked the US.
Now the Neo-conservatives would like to have the power to declare war on anything, anybody, any country, any ideology, or anything that threatens their authority. Before the US is legally at war requires a constitutional authorization from congress, and no war has been legally declared since WW II. Congress never declared a war on terrorism, and it would not be possible for them to do so; because, terror, terrorism, and the terrorist has not clearly been defined. Terror, terrorist, and terrorism exist world wide. It come in ever color and flavor imaginable. We cannot know who is the enemy in this context. Tell me who is the enemy in the war on terror? Is it the countries of Iraq, Iran, and Korea? Is it a religion like Islam, and if so, is it the entire religion or just certain extreme, violent segments of Islam. If it is certain extreme, violent segments of Islam, then what about the extreme, violent segments of other religions like Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, etc. What about those that commit violent act that have nothing to do with the US, like the secretarian violence in Iraq that have organized death squads and explosive to war among themselves over who will hold the rains of power in Iraq. If the policing of terror, terrorist, and terrorism is war; what will be next; "The war on illegal Drugs", The War on Poverty", The War on Unwed Mother and others who do not abstain form sex before marriage, The war on illegal Aliens, etc, and is using our military the right tool for these kind of social problems? Regards, LelandJ Wolfe, Stephen S YA-02 6 MDSS/SGSI wrote: > http://www.startribune.com/562/story/1141979.html > > v/r > > > //SIGNED// > > Stephen S. Wolfe, YA2, DAF > 6th MDG Data Services Manager > 6th MDG Information System Security Officer > Comm (813) 827-9994 DSN 651-9994 > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
