No, I'm saying a “Declaration Of War” IS a notice of intent.
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If it does, then how does a “Notice Of Intent” differ from a “Authorization for the Use of Force” Resolution?
Looks to me like you just ventured into a swamp here.
Looks can be deceiving:
From law.com
declaration
n. 1) any statement made, particularly in writing. 2) a written statement made "under penalty of perjury" and signed by the declarant, which is the modern substitute for the more cumbersome affidavit, which requires swearing to its truth before a notary public.
resolution
n. a determination of policy of a corporation by the vote of its board of directors. Legislative bodies also pass resolutions, but they are often statements of policy, belief or appreciation, and not always enactment of statutes or ordinances.
A Declaration of War is a written, sworn testimony that the undersigned parties intend, in truth, to do something. It is a binding affidavit.
A Resolution of Force is a statement, which truthfully, is just an opinion.
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For good measure:
Those who give up essential liberties for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
~Benjamin Franklin
Of all the enemies to public liberty, war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other.
~James Madison
To declare that the end justifies the means, to declare that the government may commit crimes, would bring terrible retribution.
~Justice Louis D. Brandeis
If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.
~James Madison
We Americans have no commission from God to police the world.
~Benjamin Harrison
The loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or imagined, from abroad.
~James Madison
Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such a purpose—and you allow him to make war at pleasure.
~Abraham Lincoln, Feb. 15, 1848
The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.
~James Madison
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Now...You were saying?
Since both a Declaration of War and a Force Authorization clearly state the intention to resolve a dispute by force, they are equivalent.