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Politics : Bush-The Mastermind behind 9/11?
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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (3465)10/16/2003 12:26:10 PM
From: LPS5  Read Replies (1) of 20039
 
Would Libertarians have answered Germany's declaration of war on the US with a declaration of war on Germany?

Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution states that "Congress shall have power...to declare war."

That would be the guiding principle. If they didn't declare war initially - which I'm not sure they would have, reserving always as we do our right to self-defense with or without such a declaration - I'm sure they would have after Germany began attacking and sinking our commercial ships. The response would likely have come in two forms: first, providing military escorts for American cargo ships and second, bombing the German Navy (in port or at sea) into utter scrap metal.

But I doubt that they'd have supported the U.S. invasion, whether two days or three years after their declaration of war on us.

LPS5
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