[SunStar]

What standard do you use to decide when this "war" ends? If your answer is "when terrorism is eliminated" (an impossibly utopian goal) then the expanded powers of the imperial presidency (including those exercised by future Presidents Hillary Clinton and Al Gore) will be eternal won't it?

When Congress declares the State of War over and the Joint Resolution is officially rescinded, I'd say that would be the official end of the war.

[Austin Willard Wright]

Certainly, but can you name any power-seeking president (and they all love power) who would actually ask Congress to repeal such a resolution? This resolution is totally subjective, has no time limit, or no standard for declaring "victory."

I'll tell you one thing: Presidents Gore and Hillary Clinton would never ask for repeal such a vast grant of power. I wonder if conservatives will be as forgiving as them when they exercise these "justly granted" powers.

[Orion]

When Congress declares the State of War over and the Joint Resolution is officially rescinded, I'd say that be the official end of the war.

OK, let's get this straight. You actually expect Congress to issue a "resolution" preventing the POTUS to defend us against terrorism?

Statism makes for stupid patriots.

What is so hard about "declaring war?" Of course, if you want a perpetual state of undefined war (like the one that exists in Orwell's 1984, then you cheerlead crap like this.

Tell me, do you like being in the Inner Party?