[Jim Noble]

You know, I grasp the concept that POTUS needs authority to respond to an attack before Congress can assemble and declare war.

Running a 40 year long war against the rest of the world except for existing American satrapies like Ukraine, Taiwan, and Israel is not remotely an Article II power.

[Leaning Right]

> You know, I grasp the concept that POTUS needs authority to respond to an attack before Congress can assemble and declare war. <

Someone here pointed out that in the old days, presidents had relatively free control of the Navy. So if a president wanted to send the Navy off to fight pirates, he just did it.

But using the Army was another story. Congress had to be involved.

Now Congress is just a debating society that is way over budget. And the president can do whatever the hell he wants with the entire military.