If it its universally agreed that Congress has the power to declare war, and that the president's role is be the commander of the armed forced to conduct the war, then what is the disconnect about who determines when we undeclare the war (stop our involvement in it)?
Congress not only has the power to declare the war, but they control the money to fund the war and the armed forces.....which means other than directing troop movements or war strategies, congress is the boss of war making, and of the armed forces.
To me, a reasonable assertion is should the ease of undeclaring not be as easy as declaring? Why so easy for congress to make war, but so difficult to stop war? And why the attitude that they are traitors for cutting funds for a war they are stopping? Cutting funds does not mean harming troops, that is just a red herring, cutting funds is a last resort when the president is not listening to the boss of war declaring (congress).
2007-07-20
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