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Originally Posted by mrg

How to end "terrorism:"

Get out of their countries and stay out.

This is what I call not beating around the BUSH!

Concerned about the dangers of unchecked executive power, the Founding Fathers deliberately assigned Congress the sole authority to make war. But the last time Congress did so was in 1941, after the Japanese attack on Peal Harbor – since then, every president from Harry Truman to George W. Bush has used military force in pursuit of imperial objective without congressional authorization. In vivid detail, War Powers recounts this story of subversion from above. Drawing on congressional hearings, Supreme Court opinions, media reports, and scholarly accounts, legal historian Peter Irons examines how the Constitution has been trampled upon as presidents have usurped a shared, solemn power – eschewing congressional approval and often suspending civil liberties in the process. --War Powers

Unfortunately, it seem that we are in a period of Psycopathy of Civilization.

"The American Empire? An oxymoron.A compelling lust for political, economic and military hegemony over the rest of the world, divorced from moral considerations? Suggesting that to Americans is akin to telling them of one's UFO abduction, except that they're more likely to believe the abduction story." -William Blum, Rogue State, 2000