Casus Belli - George Will

Casus Belli - George Will on the case for war and the need for Congress to be on board.

While I'm with most conservatives on War Powers, I think that Will makes the point as well as anyone. Here's the money graf:

The administration has arrived at an unprecedented yet defensible policy but has not committed itself to seek the sort of sustaining ratifications that are particularly vital when acting beyond precedents. It should remember Secretary of State Dean Rusk's warning. Sadder but wiser after Vietnam, he said that any important foreign policy decision made without Congress is inevitably in the subjunctive mood. That is no mood in which to make war [emphasis is mine].

So then, let us set an imperative mood.

And Senators Wellstone and Dayton, and Representative McCollum, here is my imperative to you - vote for the declaration.

Suicide Mission - According to an upcoming BBC documentary, on the morning of September 11, when only 14 aircraft were on air defense duty in the entire US, NORAD actually considered ordering unarmed training aircraft to close with and, if necessary, ram hijacked aircraft in areas where no armed interceptors could reach.

Management Day - Thoughts on the evolution of American labor, as this Labor Day weekend begins.

Posted by Mitch at August 30, 2002 10:07 AM