08-09-2014, 03:19 PM
"thrust into armed conflict" implies to me that the fighting is on US soil, or by necessity, nearby. Not a less-than-carefully-considered "war on bad guys de jure" conducted thousands of miles from home.
"foreign" attack implies to me a governmental type entity, as opposed to non-specific non-American actors.
9/11 was a mercilessly criminal and reprehensible act of mass murder conducted by people with no conscience and no concern for the welfare of the thousands of American victims. Unless, and until, we prove that it was a foreign government-sponsored activity, the "war powers" of the President should not be invoked. We should use all our resources to track down and bring to justice those responsible, wherever they might be found.
"foreign" attack implies to me a governmental type entity, as opposed to non-specific non-American actors.
9/11 was a mercilessly criminal and reprehensible act of mass murder conducted by people with no conscience and no concern for the welfare of the thousands of American victims. Unless, and until, we prove that it was a foreign government-sponsored activity, the "war powers" of the President should not be invoked. We should use all our resources to track down and bring to justice those responsible, wherever they might be found.
"All that is necessary for tyranny to succeed is for good men to do nothing." (unknown)
James Tracy: "There is sometimes an undue amount of paranoia among some conspiracy researchers that can contribute to flawed observations and analysis."
Gary Cornwell (Dept. Chief Counsel HSCA): "A fact merely marks the point at which we have agreed to let investigation cease."
Alan Ford: "Just because you believe it, that doesn't make it so."
James Tracy: "There is sometimes an undue amount of paranoia among some conspiracy researchers that can contribute to flawed observations and analysis."
Gary Cornwell (Dept. Chief Counsel HSCA): "A fact merely marks the point at which we have agreed to let investigation cease."
Alan Ford: "Just because you believe it, that doesn't make it so."