When the president 'sues' (legal term) the congress to declare war
upon declaration all sorts of things happen. Legal control over the people
start to shift and laws come into play. A true declared war also invokes
a number of treaties around the world and force those countries into war
along our sides. Some of which are SEATO, NATO, and a number of other
non-public declarations with a number of countries. This can be a rather
tricky red hot razor wire to walk upon.

Martin

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F. George McDuffee wrote:
On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 21:50:06 -0600, cavelamb himself
wrote:
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But isn't it the responsibility of the Congress to declare war in the
first place?

Something that has not yet been done for this (or the previous) war?
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You of course, are entirely correct, except that's 4 wars [Korea,
Vietnam/Laos/Cambodia, Iraq and Afganistan] and several actions
[Balkins, Somalia, and Haiti]

To rephrase an accurate observation into an even more pointed and
more accurate observation: "If its not a Constitution, then its a
suicide pact" [with many unwilling participants]