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September 10, 2002 as George W. Bush was firing up the United States of America
to invade Iraq I wrote the following letter to the the editor and it was
published in the
News Enterprise.
Now I believe it's time to hold the whole bunch, Democrats and Republicans, accountable!!!!!!
I was right then and I believe I'm right now.
My September 10, 2002 Letter To The Editor
Don't trample the Constitution
The Constitution of the United States of America: Article 1 Section 8. The
Congress shall have power to declare war, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal,
and make rules concerning captures on land and water; To raise and support
armies, but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term
than two years; To make rules for the Government and regulation of the land and
naval forces.
Congress has the power to declare war. If a president of the United States
invades another country, without war being declared by Congress, I feel the
president would be in violation of his or her oath to uphold the Constitution of
the United States of America and, in the opinion of this writer, should subject
to impeachment. If Congress allows the president to invade another country,
without declaring war, and continues to finance the effort, in the opinion of
this writer, the members of Congress would be in violation of their oaths to
uphold the constitution and should be dealt with accordingly.
Our country is debating whether to invade Iraq or not to invade Iraq. I
really don't have enough information to have an opinion one way or another, but
I do know what the Constitution requires. If we invade another country, it
requires Congress to declare war. To do anything less would be a violation of
our constitution and a violation of the law. It's really very simple: if another
country invaded us, we would consider it an act of war. Therefore, if we invade
another country we should have the guts to call it what it is, an act of war,
and to call it anything less would be shameful and a lie. Is it possible
Congress will let the president do whatever he wants concerning Iraq, including
invasion, without declaring war, and violate their oaths to uphold the one thing
that keeps us bound together as a nation, our Constitution? I am here to predict
they will and I further predict they will get away with it and they may even
give themselves a raise for doing such a good job! Ho-hum, so what's new? After
all, it is just the Constitution.
James L. Pence
Glendale
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