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    Should Congress declare war?

    Yes - Against Bin Laden5 %5 %5 % 5.33 % (9)
    Yes - But only against a specific country1 %1 %1 % 1.78 % (3)
    Yes - Against all international terrorists82 %82 %82 % 82.25 % (139)
    No - A Delcaration of War is not necessary10 %10 %10 % 10.06 % (17)
    No - Military action should not be taken0 %0 %0 % 0.59 % (1)

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    Re: Should Congress declare war?
    by David
    on Sep 17, 2001
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    I believe our military needs to wipe out all the terrorists that are identified. It worries me that there is not yet a clear list of these terrorists. Before we commit our troops I would want to see the objectives and targets clearly outlined.


    Re: Should Congress declare war?
    by Anonymous
    on Sep 18, 2001
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    During the more than 200 year history of the US, congress has only declared war 5 times. During that time, including the Indians wars, we have been at war more than 120 times.

    If you declare war, at it's end, if there is an end, you must sit down with someone to sign a peace treaty to end it. Who would we sit down with?

    Stay healthy,
    Andy

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    This Day in History
    1863: Confederate President Jefferson Davis names General Joseph Johnston commander of the Army of Tennessee.

    1864: The Battle of Nashville concludes with a Union victory.

    1904: Japanese warships quit Port Arthur in order to cut off the Russian Baltic fleets advance.

    1940: British troops carry out an air raid on Italian Somalia.

    1944: The Germans launch the last major offensive of the war, Operation Mist, also known as the Ardennes Offensive and the Battle of the Bulge, an attempt to push the Allied front line west from northern France to northwestern Belgium. The Battle of the Bulge was the largest fought on the Western front.

    1950: The U.S. 24th Infantry Division received the Distinguished Unit Citation (now the Presidential Unit Citation) for "extraordinary heroism in combat against a numerically superior enemy." The division, commanded by Major General William F. Dean, by then a prisoner of war, was the first U.S. division to enter the Korean War.

    1950: In the wake of the massive Chinese intervention in the Korean War, President Harry S. Truman declares a state of emergency.

    1965: Gen. William Westmoreland, Commander of U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam, sends a request for 243,000 more troops by the end of 1966.

    1998: The United States launches a missile attack on Iraq for failing to comply with United Nations weapons inspectors.


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