mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
> necoandjeff <spam@schrepfer.com> wrote:
>> mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
> 
>>>> unconstitutional as the president waged war but congress never
>>>> declared war.
>>> 
>>> Not true. <snip>
> 
>> Are you prepared to back up that short declarative statement or have
>> you 
> 
> Actually, it was whole paragraph, and another statement.
> 
> "Not true. It's kind of a fuzzy area, and in fact prompted the
> Congress to pass the War Powers Act, which supposedly requires the
> President to go to Congress for approval after some period of time
> (90 days, I believe) as elapsed in dispatching troops for fighting.
> 
> Neither Congress nor the President, though, have put this to the
> test." 
> 
> Apparently, you need to be told things twice to get them once.

It's okay Mike. I didn't really expect an answer to my question anyway.