[politicalmerc]

Well Justice, I'm glad you cleared that matter up. I'll repeat, there is nothing that prevents the President from using the STANDING military (which didn't exist at the time of the Constitution) for most anything he wants; except for funding by Congress as a check and balance.

This is what I don't like here. If this was a Republican President we would all be on the other side of this. Many here are constitutional "experts" when it applies to the Democrats. If Reagan were in office they would be all for us attacking Libya.

Give it a break. The President has the power to do what he is doing.

[xzins]

If this was a Republican President we would all be on the other side of this

I've been around FR a long time. There are multiple offensive military ops during that time, and I think I have established a track record of consistency on this one. Perhaps it's because of military experience; perhaps it's because I can read, but it is fair to say that I've always stood for the principle of Congressional authorization of military offensive operation.