Re: Ron Paul Questions, General Petraeus Avoids Answering

In article <DrWdnZhokp-L4JjVnZ2dnUVZ_gadnZ2d@comcast.com>, 
hugh_gibbons@dontsendmeemail.net says...
> In article <MPG.226f15106f65ccc898a0ae@nntp.earthlink.net>,
>  tankfixer <paul.carrier@gmail.comm> wrote:
> 
> > In article <damdnYl98K_67pjVnZ2dnUVZ_r2dnZ2d@comcast.com>, 
> > hugh_gibbons@dontsendmeemail.net says...
> > > In article <MPG.226f0aa79f9011cd98a0a2@nntp.earthlink.net>,
> > >  tankfixer <paul.carrier@gmail.comm> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > In article <Ob6dndMEg_XzuJnVnZ2dnUVZ_gednZ2d@comcast.com>, 
> > > > hugh_gibbons@dontsendmeemail.net says...
> > > > > In article <ge8804h5lokm9iqkov2mmjmcnmluhqb75q@4ax.com>,
> > > > >  Charlie Wolf <cwolf@pleasenomail.net> wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > > If your looking for an answer, the answer is yes.  POTUS has the
> > > > > > Constitutional power to act unilaterally to protect US interests and
> > > > > > national security.  
> > > > > 
> > > > > Please cite the article and paragraph of the Constitution that 
> > > > > describes 
> > > > > that power.
> > > > 
> > > > I don't believe that a certain Thomas Jefferson had approval of 
> > > > Congresss when he dispatched nearly the entire US Navy to the 
> > > > Mediterranean.
> > > 
> > > Irrelevant.
> > 
> > When the fleet arrived it procedded to blockade and sommit other acts of 
> > war on various city states along the north African coast.
> > 
> > What authorization was there to do so ?
> 
> It's irrelevant because its having happened demonstrates neither that it 
> was lawful nor that it was unlawful.

That's just absurd.

It either was or it wasn't

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