I am, therefore, baffled as to who would want to
declare war on our friendly nation after independence and, indeed, why?
He has usurped Congress's sole power to
declare war, and he is not seeing that "the laws are faithfully executed." The United States signed the U.N.
And, if it was our building and our people, we would have no choice but to
declare war no matter how comically that might be received by our enemies and our friends alike.
Brien Hallett, whose objective is to "rethink the power to
declare war," examines several factors causing the divergence between theory and practice and proposes strategies for returning the responsibility to Congress.
Last month, Duterte lashed out at Canada, even threatening to
declare war against the North American country if it would not take back its trash.
Meanwhile, Malacaaang yesterday sought to downplay Duterte's statement that he was ready to
declare war on Canada over the garbage sent to the Philippines, saying it was just a "figure of speech." Last week, Duterte ordered the BOC to return to Canada the garbage shipped to the Philippines six years ago, saying he was ready to
declare war on Ottawa if the issue is not acted upon.
"Yung '
declare war' siyempre exaggeration 'yan (That '
declare war' statement was of course an exaggeration) but that means that Canada must seriously act on the waste they have dumped into our country 'cause that issue has been pending for so long!" Pimentel stressed in his text message when sought for comment.
America will never
declare war on China !-- -- There he goes again.
In a speech in Davao City, Duterte reiterated that he was not joking when he threatened to
declare war if the North American country will not take back their trash.
Sabi ko sa kanila, isauli ko 'yan, 'pag hindi tayo nagkaintindihan I will
declare war,' Duterte said during a meeting with Muslim Filipinos to celebrate Eid al-Fitr in his hometown Davao City.