...speech suggested, that we have to take a poll before we act. It does mean that before the United States commits combat forces abroad, there must be some reasonable...people and their elected representatives in Congress. Just as we require public and congressional support for employing military force in war, we also require...

...speech suggested, that we have to take a poll before we act. It does mean that before the United States commits combat forces abroad, there must be some reasonable...people and their elected representatives in Congress. Just as we require public and congressional support for employing military force in war, we also require...

...adjusted as necessary"; (5) before deploying forces abroad, "there must be some reasonable assurance we will have the support of the American people and their elected representatives in Congress"; and (6) the commitment of combat torces should present fear of involvement in another Vietnam and the...

...necessary"; before the United States "commits combat forces abroad, there must be some reasonable assurance we will have the support of the American people and their elected representatives in Congress"; the commitment of US forces should be a last resort."7 Weinberger's concern about winning was not new....

...Salvador, confront the "main" adversary in Nicaragua or (if need be, one would assume) Cuba. Furthermore, the "support of the American people and their elected representatives in Congress" is mandated. This, it would seem, is intended to preclude the lack of popular and congressional support...

...objectives. And before the United States commits forces abroad, there has to be a reasonable assurance they will have the support of the American people and their elected representatives, and finally, the commitment that US forces should be a last resort and only after other resources have...

...Vietnam. "Before the US commits combat forces abroad," he said, "there must be some reasonable assurance we will have the support of the American people and their elected representatives in Congress. We cannot fight a battle with the Congress at home while asking our troops to win a war overseas or,...

...Weinberger stated: "Before the US commits combat forces abroad, there must be some reasonable assurance we will have the support of the American people and their elected representatives in Congress. We cannot fight a battle with the Congress at home while asking our troops to win a war overseas.""...

...before the president committed American troops to combat, there had to exist "some reasonable assurance we will have the support of the American people and their elected representatives in Congress." The memory of the last war had burned itself deep into the Pentagon's institutional memory. "We cannot...

..."with the clear intention of winning," with "clearly defined political and military objectives," with "the support of the American people and their elected representatives in Congress," and only as "a last resort." troops, two thousand planes, and fifty warships, so be it. George Bush...