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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (16671)11/5/2002 5:57:49 PM
From: jttmab  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 93284
 
I wasn't really sure why you picked the XYZ affair...there was a few issues swirling around. The one that I was responding to was Congressional approval/State of Declared War.

If I wanted to be very picky about Declared War, then Korea and Vietnam weren't wars. Technically, I would be correct, but I wouldn't want to stand in front of a Vietnam or Korean vet and say "Those weren't really wars".

Back to the XYZ Affair. You quote...

Congress armed privateers, commissioned an army, and ordered new ships built

That makes me happy. It satisfies the intent of Congressional authorization for war.

jttmab



To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (16671)11/6/2002 1:04:16 AM
From: MSI  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 93284
 
There should have been.
Those precedents need to be rolled back, not accumulated and accelerated.
Bush is whining that he doesn't get the same authority as Carter or JFK. That's good. The Executive Branch is in a constant tension with Congress. Unfortunately, Congress has to date shown no spine, so the executive branch is running away with the rope. So far, at least.

when was the Declaration of War against North Korea? Or North Vietnam?


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