From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Mar 31 2003 - 20:28:29 MST
--- Dehede011@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 3/29/2003 8:04:31 PM Central Standard Time,
> charleshixsn@earthlink.net writes: Well, it's quite clear that 2/3 of
> the Senate didn't vote a declaration of war. Of course that's not
> international law, but to me that seems a much muddier argument.
>
> Charles,
> Where did the 2/3 requirement of the Senate get into the
> discussion?
It's clear that it's a 'don't confuse me with the facts' argument. The
fact is that it is quite clear that the Senate did, in fact, vote, by
more than a 2/3 majority (not that one was necessary) to authorise
President Bush to use force against Iraq toward it's disarmament, back
in November. While not specifically saying "Declaration of war", there
really is nothing much else which congress would authorise the use of
force for, unless it is to roast radical christian babies in a Texas
compound over an unpaid $5 tax, but that was a different congress....
I suppose someone who can't remember headline news of 5 months ago
would have trouble remembering a document (the Constitution) written
more than 2 centuries ago.
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Mike Lorrey
"Live Free or Die, Death is not the Worst of Evils."
- Gen. John Stark
"Pacifists are Objectively Pro-Fascist." - George Orwell
"Treason doth never Prosper. What is the Reason?
For if it Prosper, none Dare call it Treason..." - Ovid
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