you are right that they were rhetorical questions. But Um, I think you are wrong in your definition of a declaration of war, if only in that there was a draft in Vietnam, and afaik war never was declared.
In my opinion when you send troops into a country against its wishes then you are at war. Liberia does not qualify because (I believe?) the people have requested our help in keeping order. I don't believe that war was declared in Korea, but it's been quite a while since my US-World Relations class. As I look over the list (Vietnam, Korea, Somalia, Iraq...) it occurs to me that waiting a few days for Congress to vote might *avoid* major problems. I mean, if we are going to take a strict interpretation of the Constittution everywhere else (guns, speech) then why not here? Nick McClure writes: > 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
