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Originally Posted by Robbie
Basically no different than a loophole like GE uses to not pay any tax.
I think we all know that the founding fathers did not want a president to be able to do this kind of stuff. We should never have been able to put troops in Vietnam, Panama, Grenada, Iraq, or Afghanistan. And we should never have been able to bomb any of the dozen or so countries we've done it to over the last 30 years or so...WITHOUT Congress declaring war.
It's the reason our govt. was set up that way. To STOP us from becoming what we are today...
Yeah, I agree that legally the President is able to get away with this. Just like cops can now legally search you and the TSA can frisk you.
Is it what the constitution says? No. Is it what The United States Of America is supposed to be doing? No.
And every time the President starts a "non-war" with another country we go further and further down the slippery slope.
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Aye, the war powers act, screwed it all up... even though Congress has the power to add this act and the u.n. charter stuff, it's clearly was not what the Constitution had in mind.
The right likes to use the war powers act, because it keeps their favorite President from being a war criminal. Even though 1942 was the last year we legally declared war.
This is a two way door that only swings one way with a group.