President Roosevelt did not ask for a Declaration of War for every country we bombed in Europe, Africa, and Asia. He got a Declaration of War against Japan and Germany and initiated a worldwide campaign to win.
President Bush should have received the same thing. Either we are fighting islamic terrorists or we are not. Asking Congress for a Declaration each step of the way invites Congress to micromanage the war. One Declaration of War that covers all countries around the world is what President Bush should have received.
True enough. But most of those nations we were bombing were our pre-war allies. The Declaration of war FDR asked for and received was two paragraphs and to the point expressing the interest of the United States and committing POTUS and both houses to it's cause. The Resolution of Authorization of force does not even mention it being a war. It bound POTUS and Congress to the war.
Bush as such did not want a Declaration of War as not having such was part of his not so bright advisers great so called plan. In that respect I would have to ask congress and POTUS as well what part of war do they not understand. Obvious the whole concept of it so it seems to be.
Bush is dragging us into an impossible military situation of rewarding the very nation we are supposed to be fighting. He is fooling himself and many Americans if he thinks there is going to be a lasting Democracy in Iraq and that task should not have been part of our military goal. That goal should have been bringing about the unconditional surrender and lack of will to fight by the nation of Iraq. That can only be done by an all out offensive. IOW Iraq should be fighting with rocks at this point. But by trying to nation build he has created a situation which allows other nations to become involved. If we had taken Iraq down in a WW2 like method or absolute reslove of defeat I don't think Iran would be so eager to test us.
As such I will not be writing letters to Duncan nor Ron Paul blasting them as Ron Paul was one of the few who actually asked for the Declaration of War. I live next door to Duncan's district literally and Duncan supports his troops who went to Iraq. I do not doubt his support one bit. Before people go firing off letters of How Dare you to long time conservatives maybe they ought to look at their reasoning. It's not anti-war.
Right now on C-Span, Representative Dave Reichert, R-Washington is giving great speech on the consequences of the Democrat-forced surrender in Vietnam. There's still some good Republicans left.
Yes, Congress fell down on the job. This is nothing new for Congress, but it is also not the fault of Congress but the electorate that put the rascals there.