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To: Webster Groves who wrote (17846)	2/2/2002 9:54:54 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I understood what you meant by "not linked." It's plain English. As I stated, Somalia is linked, Iraq, so far as we now know, is not. As for your separation of powers argument, apparently you are not aware that while Congress has only declared war seven times, the United States has been engaged in approximately 200 armed conflicts. In other words, throughout the history of the United States, from the very beginning, the executive branch has engaged in armed conflicts without the declaration of Congress. My perception is that the purpose of the War Powers Act, which was passed in 1973 over Nixon's veto, was to rein in the ability of the Commander in Chief to engage in hostilities without Congress' input. I don't know what you studied in school but apparently you did not major in law, history or political science. My guess is science or engineering. Bright lines, no nuances. Bright line types tend to find law and politics very frustrating. ;^)