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In reply to the discussion: Sessions - isn't this treason? [View all]longship
(40,416 posts)First, Congress has the sole power to declare war! Nothing in the constitution has been changed in that regard. We are not at war with Russia until congress says we are. Period! And only a crazy person would want that.
Second, Article III, Section 3, the treason clause, was specifically put there by Madison so charges of treason cannot be used for political purposes in the USA like it had for centuries in the European monarchies!!!
Those screeching treason here are attempting to do exactly that, use treason as a political weapon. I must oppose that with all ferver.
Russia is acting up, but is not yet our enemy. Thank heavens for that.
I was born in the forties and grew up in the fifties. I remember the Cuban Missile Crisis vividly. Only a lunatic would want to go back to those days.
That's where I have to stand on this. And the constitution backs me up. More people should get to know it better.
Thank you for your responses.