In Vietnam, Korea, and Somalia our help was requested to help keep the peace and resist invading armies.
In Iraq we were operating under existing UN resolutions. > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 12:12 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: US Citizenship Test > > 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? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
