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To: TimF who wrote (150054)	8/20/2002 12:12:55 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1570702

Ted the constitution is unclear on this matter. I would be better to get congressional approval rather then go in to a constitutionally gray area but it doesn't lay out all the specifics. The constitution doesn't really anticipate undeclared wars. You could argue that because it does not mention undeclared wars that no such war can be waged without violating the constitution but 1 - All of our post WWII wars and some of the earlier ones have been undeclared and 2 - If you are going to be that strict in asserting that the government can not do what is not expressly constitutionally authorized you would have to throw out over half of what it now does. Tim, your comments are not true.......for a war to be legal, then it requires Congress's approval. The Constitution is very clear about that............and that's the interpretation of Constitutional law experts, not my own. Our undeclared wars have been in direct violation of the intent of the Constitution and the intentions of our founding fathers. The fact that we have been in so many undeclared wars is due to the aggressiveness of past presidents and the recalcitrance of Congress to object or take a stand. However, I think now is the time for Congress to take a stand against the willfulness of the current president. Its clear to me and others that the current administration can not be trusted to make this kind of decision. They are too militaristic and aggressive in their thinking, and seem to be desperately trying to redo what they perceive are the wrongs from the previous Bush administration. Times change and they have not. They need to move on. In my mind, its is inevitable that the current administration will trigger a constitutional crisis at some point in their tenure. Their entrance into office was questionable at best and their attitude reflects that status. ted