President s and congress has followed, that this would lead to a paralysis of our ability to defend ourselves. All of the framers agreed about war and i dont think that is true either like bruce said. I would look at the constitutional text. I have a free copy someone gave me. I expect some place like the committee on the republic we have one. Article 1 says no state shall without the consent of congress engage in war unless actually invaded or in such eminent danger delay isnt allowed. That is the constitutional balance of powers that bruce thinks should apply between the president and congress. All you would have to do is take out the word state and put in the word president. Unless we are invaded or danger of attack. Why couldnt the framers written that if they had intended what bruce said . Instead they wrote provisions that gave some power to congress, some to the president and expected them to fight it out. I want to bring the argument to the contemporary period. I know john was
It is in january 2017. Their is a new president in the oval office. It is the first day on the job. You are there to advise the next president as to how to deal with the rise of an entire american non normative liberal bloc of superpowers. Speaks softly and carry a big stick. Ive wanted to just ask, and given their really awful situation that we have in dealing with this very murky sort of war against terrorists, addressing what would seem to be your tough criticisms of Homeland Security and those operations, it is obvious enough that there are domestic threats that need to be dealt with. What does make sense . Profiling. Profiling. That is how the israelis do it. To be perfectly explicit, but the profiles are and how they are to be pursued. Explicit profiling is subject, as it should be commented democratic debate about what the threats are and how they had to be dealt with. What we have now is so necessarily a kind of bill live via a hidden, arbitrary profiling. And you, because of y
Welcome, everyone. Tonight the committee for the e republ republic hosi republic host ing a hosting a debate on the war and it could not be better timing. Here below we have john yoo on the left. John was Deputy Assistant attorney general for the office of Legal Council in the bush Justice Department. John wrote a number of key legal memos supporting bushs post911 Counter Terrorism policies. And bruce was associate Deputy Attorney general under president reagan and also was chief policy advisor to rand paul during the 2012 president ial campaign. And harvey stand up. He is going to be our moderator. He is currently dean of the national war college. Harveys last government job worked for the director of national intelligence. Thank you. [applause] there wasnt a single founder who doubted that going to war was the most important decision the republic could make. The war powers is the most important power was war threatens the republic. Since the executive has more incentive to go to war
Host of the National War College. The last government job you worked for the director of national intelligence. Thank you [applause] there wasnt a single founder who doubted that going to war was the most important decision the republic could make. War is the greatest threat to the public. War focuses power on the executive saying since the executive has more incentive to go to war the founders placed the power of going to war the congress not the executive. The founder who understood war better than any president was George Washington who gave a long farewell address and spelled out the Foreign Policy of the foreigners. He said we should stay neutral in war and cut all foreign powers because they will entangle us in their wars. To support neutrality washington said be leerly and not to borrow more money than we can pay off and avoid political factions. Sounds good me. I am sticking with george. Harvey is the moderator. Bruce you will go first and then john and harvey is going to ask q
That photograph a lump immortalized with his own son did when he wrote the number one New York Times bestseller and so you know from his bestseller you know his father. You also know from the movie that was based on that number one bestseller in the movie flags of our fathers that Stephen Spielberg and clint eastward Clint Eastwood did. When do you might not know is 29 years after iwo jima his father approved james going to a university in tokyo the home of the previous enemy. I think thats an inspiring story. Since then James Bradley has written flyboys. A few nofly boys, another bestseller. He has written the imperial cruise and this is his fourth book the china mirage so please welcome James Bradley. [applause] thank you. [applause] hello dallas. Dallas, businessmen and dallas was key to beginning flags of our fathers off the ground in the first place. My dad raised the flag on iwo jima but he never talked about it. He would always change the subject. He died in 1994 and we found a