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Congress has not declared war on anyone since 1941 but that never stopped the executive branch...

Re-read your Constitution. In a declaration of belligerency, it does not require Congress to use the precise words: "Declaration of War".

Both the Iraq War Resolution and the Authorization For The Use of Military Force (War on Terror) are declarations of war in their effect -- whether you personally agree with them or not.

I notice that you didn't quote any provision of the Constitution. The Constitution is quite clear about the proceedures for declarations on war which require a vote of two thirds in each house of congress. It certainly doesn't allow declaration of war (which we never did) on something called "terror." Terror is a strategy, not a nation of entity.

It is a hopeless open-ended, perpetual, and subjective concept (something the founders disdained) which puts absxolutely no check no the president. As I said, Obama may well consider you a "terrorist" for even visiting this site.

Again, why do you put such trust in Obama to decide such details.