Doublereed Archive - Posting 000055.txt from 2003/03

From: herb fawcett <herbgosia@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] [Dblrd-L] Quote of the Day
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 21:23:26 -0500

Isn't congress the representative of the people in our system? Isn't
congress required to declare a state of war? Isn't congress enjoined from
declaring war if we are not attacked? As I remember, there was some problem
with that during the early second world war. Does the World Trade Center
disaster qualify as an attack on us? And if so, by whom?
BTW what are the fruits reaped from war which are so attractive to
governments?

Herb