No, Bush had "congressional approval" for war, whatever the hell that is.
Congress has not declared war since WWII.
how is that different than a declaration?
“No, Bush had ‘congressional approval’ for war, whatever the hell that is.”
It didn’t say “We hereby declare war,” but it was a de facto declaration, and everyone knows it. To say otherwise is pointless nitpicking. As for Libya, there was no declaration whatsoever. Not explicitly, nor by wink-wink, nudg-nudge. Congress has yet to say it’s okay, and that’s a big, big, big difference.