“Why not notify Congress”. As if we were babes in the woods.
A. Because Congress leaks like a sieve. There wouldn’t be 30 sec between the end of the briefing and a text to the NYT or Washington Post.
B. Because the Democrats would use whatever window was available between the briefing and the start of hostilities to foil the President’s plan.
C. Congress’s betrayals would have only one result - to increase the likelihood of grave bodily harm to our brave military personnel.
Our press corps is a 5th column of any enemy of the USA.