tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115278.post3594687926361735135..comments2024-03-14T05:11:06.565-04:00Comments on The Knight Shift: Wars have consequences. Don't we know that?Chris Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07772661137673181295noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115278.post-78842396174606787562013-02-07T20:11:00.751-05:002013-02-07T20:11:00.751-05:00When a young man or woman enlists in the United St...<b>When a young man or woman enlists in the United States armed forces, he or she is making a sacrifice of a few years of their lives. Years that could otherwise be spent in college, falling in love and starting families, buying houses, earning money. Some even choose to spend their entire lives in such sacrifice toward serving their country.</b><br /><br /><b>Again, perhaps it's just me, butHeidi Mullisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115278.post-4135217816017942212013-02-07T17:48:24.588-05:002013-02-07T17:48:24.588-05:00Paul's reasoning - and call me old-fashioned b...Paul's reasoning - and call me old-fashioned but I have to agree with him - is that there was never an explicit "declaration of war" issued by Congress and signed by the President.<br /><br />We had a declaration of war, approved by Congress and signed by Wilson and Roosevelt, for World War I and World War II respectively.<br /><br />Korea was a "police action", a "Chris Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07772661137673181295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115278.post-80235699546150779062013-02-07T17:37:27.729-05:002013-02-07T17:37:27.729-05:00I disagree with Rep. Paul on a number of foreign p...I disagree with Rep. Paul on a number of foreign policy issues (and agree with him on most domestic policy issues), but I don't see anything inherently objectionable about what he said. The only think that I might deem 'un-American' and 'unpatriotic' is his implication that the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are unconstitutional.<br /><br />'Unnecessary' is a fair matter ofScott Bradfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06938490519098924365noreply@blogger.com