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lyonn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 01:39 PM Original message |
Question, can Congress Un-Declare a war? |
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kurth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. Congress can always defund a war |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 02:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Think that's maybe why the war funding is being kept OUT of the |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
2. I asked the same question |
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lyonn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 02:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. This may be one of the most important questions |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 07:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. By definition a "War on Terror" can never be won |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
3. Well, they'd have to first declare a war, otherwise it's a moot point. |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
4. Yes, but they've never had the guts to do that. |
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Wordie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
5. You know, I've wondered that myself. I think that technically, they |
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Sammy Pepys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
6. I'm inclined to say no..... |
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lutherj (788 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
7. Congress in effect un-declared Reagan's war on the Sandanistas. |
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LSparkle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
8. I wish ... I hope they amend the use-of-force resolution at least |
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Justitia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
9. You can de-fund it, which is how we ended Vietnam. Won't happen today. nt |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
12. Vietnam was never declared... |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 04:36 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
13. Brownback just mentioned Declarations of War against Iraq and Afghanistan |
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lyonn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 04:06 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. They used the term Use of Military Force when Congress allowed |
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radio4progressives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
16. the war in viet nam was ended by congress n/t |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
17. I see no reason why the resolution couldn't be repealed |
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