The President can't be C in C, without Congress giving the authority to
have an 'armed conflict', in the first place.
In the case of Viet Nam (all of Regan's dirty little wars in Central and
S America, etc, Bosnia, and et. al.) and the current profitable fun and
games in the middle east, congress just doesn't declare war, as then war
crimes and war profiteering charges could be levied against contractors
that supply shoddy or substandard work and or over charge or charge for
services not delivered.
Bush had to get approval from Congress to go into the Middle East, John
Kerry (D) wrote the Iraq War legislation, so that makes it a partisan
effort, doesn't it? When I check voting records, when it takes a 2/3rds
majority to go to war, no matter who instigated it, the following of
congress persons is always pretty high.
Feel free to have a gander though these pages.
http://www.votesmart.org/official_congress.php
Chris Barker wrote:
> I understand the principle of the separation of powers, Robert, but
> there are, as I understand it, many ways for the Executive to
> circumvent them. For instance, the President may not declare war
> without Congressional support. But since he is C in C (I shiver
> internally at the thought of his being my C in C!) he can order
> military action without declaring war. I believe that that happened
> both in Vietnam and in Iraq.
>
> Certainly the continued occupation of a foreign state needs
> Congressional support in the form of funding, but that is much easier
> to organise since the poor troops are already engaged ...
>
> Chris
>
> On 19 Jun 2008, at 20:42, Robert Burnette wrote:
>
>
>> The President didn't start the Iraq War. Congress did. He isn't
>> keeping us there. Congress is.
>>
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