soc.veterans

BigRedWingsFan wrote:
> "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
> news:l9yGj.596$NU2.451@news01.roc.ny...
>> "Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS" wrote in
>> message
>> news:91989bba-03fd-44f0-96cf-94bd31513015@s37g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
>>> On Mar 26, 1:54 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
>>>> "Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS" wrote in
>>>> messagenews:Xns9A6D8B81EAE56riemann1850yahoocom@216.168.3.70...
>>>>
>>>>> In the event of war, the president has that power, but only congress
>>>>> can
>>>>> declare war and they have not done so.
>>>> Right. Congress was spineless. They gave away their war powers. They
>>>> thought
>>>> doing this would keep their hands clean. That didn't work so well for
>>>> many
>>>> of them.
>>> OK - but back to my question. How can bush use his stop-loss powers
>>> when it technically isn't war-time.?
>> I don't know. Maybe one of his infamous executive orders? Or, more likely,
>> he knows nobody's watching or understands. Who needs the constitution,
>> anyway?
>
> Or maybe you've never seen an enlistment contract.

It specifies--"time of war" an enlistment can be extended to 6 months
past the end of the war.