It's a war.

["Charles Brown" <CharlesB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It's a war.

What's a war ?

Is it politics by other means, other violent means ?

Does the Geneva Convention apply ?

" May " you shoot prisoners in secret ?

Do the Nuremberg principles apply ?

Does the UN Charter and Conventions apply ?

Do the lessons of WWII and WWI and The Civil War etc, etc.  having a
bearing or has history ended along with the market ?

Is the Constitution suspended in its entirety when a war is declared ?

Is the Constitution suspended one iota when a war is declared or, what is habeas corpus and other gnomes and queries ?

Has Congress declared a war pursuant to the Constitution ?

Does war mean you can do anything you want or does due process and especially criminal procedure, trial by jury, right to be represented by counsel, right to know the charges against you, presumption of innocence,  persist in effect EVEN IF IT IS A GODDAMN WAR ?

Is "it's a war" a joker phrase that allows dictatorship of whoever controls the military in the United States of America .

(That's a rhetorical question )

What's peace ?