2007-08-07 15:14:29 · 20 answers · asked by Soylent 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
dionne m WELL SAID
looking tho u may get BEST ANSWER hehe
i can be persuded either way jus need a good enough argument :)
2007-08-07 15:41:28 · update #1
Well, since you asked, it appears that you disagree with our Constitution regarding declaration of war.
2007-08-15 02:03:50 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The present thinking in UK is that going to war should be a cabinet decision.
Myself thinks it should be a Parliamentary decision following a free vote among MPs in the Commons.
If there is an urgent need to go to war, following an attack upon a target or targets within the UK, then holding a referendum is going to take too long. We might need to respond a bit quicker. Anyway, I expect the RAF will already be doing dog-fights over the white cliffs etc.
In UK - HM Queen still has the right to declare war. Should this right be taken away and there then is a worst case senario during which Parliament and HMs UK.gov is killed outright, who declares war then?
2007-08-08 02:23:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No difference, unless defensive either way it will be decided by a majority of idiots. At least the need and understanding of what is required for self preservation comes into it when governments make the decision and only the person who does what he is 'advised' to do gets the blame.
2007-08-07 22:21:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
I say by the government. I dont care if the war is just or not I dont think many parents would be willing to send their children in harms way no matter what reason. If you left it up to a referendum I dont think we would be able to have a military presence anywhere.
2007-08-14 12:21:49 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Does history record any case in which the majority was right?
-Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love
2007-08-14 18:02:54 · answer #5 · answered by oldwolf1951 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Ever hear of a thing called "mob mentality"? The average citizen does not have enough information to make a call like that. That's why it is so important for us to know who we are voting for.
2007-08-07 22:27:12 · answer #6 · answered by Erinyes 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Government the reason for a government is to protect people and build roads
2007-08-12 14:56:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Last I checked, it was up to the people to vote for the people in Congress to represent them... Hence, the House of Representatives... That's why we are at war, because we did vote for them... and thus the war...
2007-08-07 22:18:21 · answer #8 · answered by Jay L 4 · 9⤊ 0⤋
A people stupid enough to elect and re-elect a pin-head like Bush have no business deciding anything!
2007-08-15 02:38:18 · answer #9 · answered by ApondoNet-YA 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It already is decided by the people, thru their elected representatives in Congress.
2007-08-15 00:31:04 · answer #10 · answered by smsmith500 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋