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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 820689" data-attributes="member: 2189"><p>Interesting there is a flicker of flame here over the War Powers authority in light that currently there rages a <a href="http://www.lewrockwell.com/woods/woods168.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red">War Powers debate</span> </a>between radio talkshow host Mark Levin and historian Thomas Woods on the subject.</p><p> </p><p>Like here, it seems to me that neither side will win the day as everyone will just fold up and hold right where they already are on the matter. When you look at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_United_States_military_operations" target="_blank"><span style="color: red">all the times when US military forces were in fact used</span></a>, very few followed an actual declaration of War by the Congress. The vast majority were on the direct authority of the President and if anything, Congress just approved any extra funding that might be needed or in otherwords, a rubber stamp if you will. I believe Woods to be correct that no one advocated for this type approach during the Constitutional debates but it's very clear, once signed and declared as law, before the ink could even dry, that ideal was already seriously violated and by some who had advocated against such over reaching authority. The lips moving he's lying politician ideal was as much in play back then as it ever was now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 820689, member: 2189"] Interesting there is a flicker of flame here over the War Powers authority in light that currently there rages a [URL="http://www.lewrockwell.com/woods/woods168.html"][COLOR=red]War Powers debate[/COLOR] [/URL]between radio talkshow host Mark Levin and historian Thomas Woods on the subject. Like here, it seems to me that neither side will win the day as everyone will just fold up and hold right where they already are on the matter. When you look at [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_United_States_military_operations"][COLOR=red]all the times when US military forces were in fact used[/COLOR][/URL], very few followed an actual declaration of War by the Congress. The vast majority were on the direct authority of the President and if anything, Congress just approved any extra funding that might be needed or in otherwords, a rubber stamp if you will. I believe Woods to be correct that no one advocated for this type approach during the Constitutional debates but it's very clear, once signed and declared as law, before the ink could even dry, that ideal was already seriously violated and by some who had advocated against such over reaching authority. The lips moving he's lying politician ideal was as much in play back then as it ever was now. [/QUOTE]
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