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scaeagles · 01-31-2006, 11:51 AM

Oh, I agree GD - but the question to me is what the President is permitted to do under the Constitution during times of war.

I could once again go into what Lincoln did during the civil war - and I have no qualms about doing so because history is completely relevant to the issue - but I have done that previously. Lincoln did some majorly unconstitutional things, but is regarded as one of the best Presidents. (Don't take this to mean I regard Bush to be equivalent in standing to Lincoln. That is not my point.)

A brief note - anyone remember the 2004 debates when Kerry criticized Bush for not be faster to have over 100,000 hours of tapes of wiretaps analyzed? I wonder if all 100,000 hours were authorized by warrant or if Kerry really cared. I would suspect he was trying to sound hawkish on national security by being critical of not spying fast enough.

SacTown Chronic · 01-31-2006, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by scaeagles

Oh, I agree GD - but the question to me is what the President is permitted to do under the Constitution during times of war.

But when the war (War on Terror) is defined by the president, how do we know when the war is over? The battle against terrorists will be fought until the end of time. Should we give the president wartime powers for a war without end?

01-31-2006, 11:51 AM	#1
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	Oh, I agree GD - but the question to me is what the President is permitted to do under the Constitution during times of war. I could once again go into what Lincoln did during the civil war - and I have no qualms about doing so because history is completely relevant to the issue - but I have done that previously. Lincoln did some majorly unconstitutional things, but is regarded as one of the best Presidents. (Don't take this to mean I regard Bush to be equivalent in standing to Lincoln. That is not my point.) A brief note - anyone remember the 2004 debates when Kerry criticized Bush for not be faster to have over 100,000 hours of tapes of wiretaps analyzed? I wonder if all 100,000 hours were authorized by warrant or if Kerry really cared. I would suspect he was trying to sound hawkish on national security by being critical of not spying fast enough.
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