"I oppose the resolution authorizing military force against Iraq."
If RON PAUL knew what he was voting against!
http://www.antiwar.com/paul/paul51.html
Saying it was not a formal declaration of war is more a semantic argument about the process Congress should go through than an argument about the preferred policy. It is unquestionable that the Oct 2002 vote was an authorization for the President to use force; a declaration in all but name.
Sorry. A declaration of war isn't just a formality.