Skip

Then let's go ahead and have Congress declare war.

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Since then, more than 3,970 American soldiers have died in Iraq.

DeeJayH

except, far as I know, you were not consulted
and to interpret the meaning, one should take into account the context
the mindset of the writer/signer

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DeeJayH

oh
you are one of those that thinks Congress' Authorization to go to war with Iraq was only to be used to THREATEN Iraq

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Iriemon

I'll keep your point in mind next time you venture an opinion on the constitution or a statute.

Skip

OK... so then why don't we actually declare war on Iraq....

Besides, the withholding of rights would then only apply to detainees coming from the nation of Iraq. Nowhere else

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Since then, more than 3,970 American soldiers have died in Iraq.

Simon W. Moon

There was no "Authorization to go to war with Iraq".
We were never at war with Iraq.
There was an authorization to use force.

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Navy Pride

That is because you are like Senator Durbin when it comes to our military in Gitmo......

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Indy

Clearly McCain doesn't know the judicial history of the United States then. Its pretty clear that the WORST SC decisions ALL came from the time of the Revolutionary War to about 1860. Does "manifest destiny" ring any bells? The SC wasn't exactly making good and constitutional rulings then let's not forget.

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Navy Pride

We have been at war with Iraq since 1991......

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Simon W. Moon

We didnt declare war then either


So the position some are supporting is that the US can snatch up anyone from anywhere in the world and detain them, forever w/o a trial or even having to tell them what they have been snatched up for? Is that the size of it?

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"The barbarous custom of having men beaten who are suspected of having important secrets to reveal must be abolished. It has always been recognized that this way of interrogating men, by putting them to torture, produces nothing worthwhile."
- Napoleon Bonaparte to Berthier 11 Nov 1798 Napoleon on the Art of War