A Congressional Authorization for War is a Declaration of War. There is no ROberts Book of Rules for declaring war laid out in the Constitution. A short statement by Congress saying "kick their ass" is also a declaration of war. Ron Paul is a nut in the Cindy Sheehan mode. Al Qaeda predates Iraq. Islamonuts have been killing Americans for 30 years. The Ron Paul's of the world prefer the bedcovers over their head because reality bites. In our case the bites have been dead Americans. He's a fool and I vote to throw his asorry ass off the island. How you and the other .4% vote is up to you.
No, that isn’t correct. There have been five properly declared wars in US history. The War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, the Spanish American War, WWI and WWII. If COngress wants to authorize a war it has to actually declare, not delegate its war powers to the President with some limp wristed “authority.”
Well said.