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The Iraq war is an unconstitutional war, the power to make war resides with the legislature, because it is closest to the people. When you let a president “any president” make war with out a declaration you allow the president to put in harms way the children of the people without their consent, that is anathema to our constitution!!!

No, it wasn't. The President's decision was fully authorized by Congress, and overwhelmingly so. It's not like there is some form called a "Declaration of War" that must be filled out in triplicate and passed by Congress. "Declaring War" in the Constitution simply means that the authorization to use the military to go make war must come from the Congress. It did.

Very rarely has the Congress used the actual word "declaration" in their authorizations to use force, but they don't need to. They just need to be the body that provides the authorization. That's all the Constitution demands.