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The constitutional powers of the President as Commander-in-Chief to introduce United States Armed Forces into hostilities, or into situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, are exercised only pursuant to (1) a declaration of war, (2) specific statutory authorization, or (3) a national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces.
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Originally Posted by dc_dux
(1) hasnt happended since Pearl Harbor
(3) is certainly not the current case with Iran
that leaves the nebulous
(2) which is how we got into the Iraq folly, with the October 2002 "Resolution to use Armed Forces against Iraq"
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It's very humorous that you didn't find any dissonance in your post, namely having #3 so close to your "Iraq folly" creation. You seem to have ignored that:
1. Mohammed Atta met with the Iraqis in Prague.
2. According to George Tenet (who was it that appointed him to head the CIA?) the Iraq-Al Qaeda link went back ten years.
3. Al Zarqawi ran a terrorist camp in Afghanistan before relocating to Baghdad.
4. Abu Nidal spent time in Iraq.
5. Saddam paid families of suicide bombers.
6. Iraq was declared a state sponsor of terrorism in 1990.
These were just some of the points I heard Dick Cheney bring up when attacked by Tim Russert a couple of weeks ago. Tim was so thoroughly outgunned by these facts he had to resort to hunting jokes. I'm sure there's a link to it somewhere.
In addition, there's always the Duelfer Report. It's only 1000 pages, so you could probably find it quoted in one of host's posts.
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It would seem to me, at the very least, a similar Congressional resolution is required.
I would include a provision that requires the "voluntary service" of children of the Pres, Vice Pres and members of Congress 
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Some of them ARE serving their country. Can you say the same? For the record, that "I'm showing patriotism by protesting" never convinced anyone.
Notice my tagline as well.