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Basically leaders will do whatever they think they can get away with. Bush consulted Congress because he was sure of their support on this occasion. But didn't Truman go to war in Korea without approval of Congress? He got a UN resolution to support action against North Korea, bypassing Congress. Only when he needed more troops because the war was going badly did he get Congressional support. Lincoln commenced the American Civil War whilst congress was in recess. The original Gulf War and the war in Kosovo were both "undeclared" wars, started without Congressional permission. In fact the President can go to war for 60 days without permission. [/QUOTE]I readily admit that Political Science is one of my weakest areas, so my info could very well be wrong. I suppose there are loopholes available that would allow a POTUS to "go off on a rampage" for a short while, but it wouldn't take very long before our own government either curtailed his efforts or replaced him completely. I'm not certain about Gulf War I being started without Congressional permission. It was well known that we were going to attack. Of course, we were acting on behalf of the U.N. again at that time, so maybe U.N. support does offer a loophole to bypass Congressional permission - at least temporarily. Still, Congress is going to have to be "brought on board" and the POTUS will have to gain their approval to continue any aggression sooner or later. But I suppose it would be possible for the POTUS to act without their permission and launch a war on his own. But it would still just be a temporary act and Congress would either have to approve more funding for continued attacks or the POTUS would be forced to either "stand down" or get thrown out of office.
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Mrs. Bush. [img]tongue.gif[/img]
Edit: Also, Cerek, I understand whast you're saying, but as far as pure potential, I think the POTUS (or she who controls him!) is the most dangerous. As was said, 60 days, man. That's plenty of time. Do you have any idea how many ICBMs he has control of? How many times could we potentially blow up the world, now? 35? [img]graemlins/uhoh1.gif[/img] [ 09-06-2004, 02:59 PM: Message edited by: Dron_Cah ] |
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As Commander in Chief, the President of the United States, under The War Powers Resolution, can engage in hostilities for at least 60 days without violation of any laws. However, the Congress still controls the funding. Furthermore, and more importantly, only Congress can Decalre War.
Sidebar; a B2 with 18 2 megatonne nukes. OR, a Ohio-Class (SSBN) AKA 'Trident' submarine with (classified) ICBM @ 3.8 megatonne each?
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Well, discussing ICBM, remember that each one has up to 50 individually-targeting warheads.
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