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**Swidemaiskikemu** · 04-27-2007, 05:16 AM

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
That's not particularly germane to the limited question I was answering, IMO. Its hard to imagine that the founders would give Congress the power to declare war, but deny it the ability to end what IT, and NOT the President, started.

I think Beserkers reply is correct. That BY means that the Senate says "psst, by the way, end this war."

And again, since we are not technically in a state of war in Iraq (since we are not fighting an actual soverign state), the way for Congress to end the deployment of US forces in Iraq would be to basically not fund the war, and stipulate directly that the President could not redirect a dime of money from anywhere else. After all, Congress does have complete control of the purse.

04-27-2007, 05:16 AM	#36
Swidemaiskikemu Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 439 Senior Member	Originally posted by Kuciwalker That's not particularly germane to the limited question I was answering, IMO. Its hard to imagine that the founders would give Congress the power to declare war, but deny it the ability to end what IT, and NOT the President, started. I think Beserkers reply is correct. That BY means that the Senate says "psst, by the way, end this war." And again, since we are not technically in a state of war in Iraq (since we are not fighting an actual soverign state), the way for Congress to end the deployment of US forces in Iraq would be to basically not fund the war, and stipulate directly that the President could not redirect a dime of money from anywhere else. After all, Congress does have complete control of the purse.
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