I was lost when the writer called the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan “unconstitutional”. They were approved of by Congress, and are therefore more constitutional than the wars against the barbary pirates.
posted on 12/13/2012 5:57:38 PM PST
I was lost when the writer called the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan unconstitutional.
The Iraq invasion was to enforce UN Resolutions created by the United Nations.
The writer is anti-United Nations.
The New American is the JB house organ. To it a declaration of war is only valid if it is the formal declaration passed by both houses of Congress and in the classic format of say the US Declaration of War on the Japanese Empire in 1941. The basis for the congressional resolution for the launch of Iraqi Freedom was Iraq's defiance of various UN Resolutions. To the JB this is treasonous as it is subordinating the United States to a unconstitutional international entity. They see it as another step to end US independence and blend the United States into some sort of ‘global governance’ regime. I wish I was as confident that this was just foilhat nonsense as I was say 20 years ago.
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