Presidents and Instances of Bombings Without Congressional Approval- a history lesson

floppingaces.net ^ | June 22, 2025 | DrJohn

[daniel1212]

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[NoLibZone]

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson did deploy the U.S. Marines to Tripoli during his presidency, in what became known as the First Barbary War (1801–1805).

Jefferson was the first U.S. president to use military force abroad without a declaration of war, a precedent in presidential war powers.

[Lod881019]

The Libya bombing if done by Trump would have had people going crazy He literally gave up his entire arsenal and that still wasn’t enough for Hillary and Barack anytime anyone says this was unconstitutional just well Libya would agree with you if Khadafi was alive

[Texas Eagle]

Impeach them all! Am I right, AOC!? Up high!

[lightman]

The Libya bombing did not stop the "Arab Spring"

Nor did it prevent the Martyrdom of 21 Coptic Christians during the reign of terror which ensued.

[doc maverick]

The moronic Trump impeachment squealers are DOA.

[chud]

This reminds me of Butch telling Phil, "It's been done before."
Phil's reply: "And it was wrong then."

[Tell It Right]

Jefferson was the first U.S. president to use military force abroad without a declaration of war, a precedent in presidential war powers.

Yes and no. Congress did pass the Act for Protection of Commerce and Seamen of the United States Against the Tripolitan Corsairs on Feb 6, 1802. Before that was some action taken by Jefferson and the U.S. navy, but he ordered them to take only defensive action. And William Eaton's first Marine expedition to Tripoli occurred after that in 1805.

So IMHO it's a bit of a stretch to include the First Barbary War as an example of military force without a declaration of war.

[bigbob]

Stroke of the pen, blow up Iran

[TigersEye]

0bunghole’s attack on Libya lasted 7 months, 1 week and 5 days.
I think that’s more than 90 days.

[wjcsux]

What really pisses the RATS off is that PDJT is demonstrating what real leadership looks like.

[drop 50 and fire for effect]

Restricting this list to “bombing” distorts the history. It omits:
-the Boxer Rebellion deployment
-Vera Cruz 1916
-Punitive Expedition in Mexico 1916
-Marine deployment ls to Haiti, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic
-Neutrality Patrol in 1941
-the Korean War
-Lebanon 1956 (Blue Bat)
-Dominican Republic 1965 (Power Pack)
-the Mayaguez Incident 1975
-Grenada 1983 (Urgent Fury)
-Libya bombing 1986 (El Dorado Canyon)
-Naval battle w/ Iran 1987 (Praying Mantis)
-Panama 1989 (Just Cause)

[Inyo-Mono]

Bookmark.

[Fury]

President Trump does have Congressman approval - the 2001 AUMF.

[Grim]

nugatory /noo′gə-tôr″ē, nyoo -/

adjective

Of little or no importance; trifling.

"The nation's interests in such a remote region were nugatory."

Unavailing, futile, or invalid.

"Efforts to remedy the situation proved to be nugatory."

Trifling; vain; futile; insignificant.

Similar: triflingvainfutileinsignificant

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition • More at Wordnik

[gunnut]

Do you mean the Korean “police action”?

[Beowulf9]

Ping

[LouAvul]

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[daniel1212]

Restricting this list to “bombing” distorts the history. It omits:
-the Boxer Rebellion deployment
-Vera Cruz 1916
-Punitive Expedition in Mexico 1916
-Marine deployment ls to Haiti, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic
-Neutrality Patrol in 1941
-the Korean War
-Lebanon 1956 (Blue Bat)
-Dominican Republic 1965 (Power Pack)
-the Mayaguez Incident 1975
-Grenada 1983 (Urgent Fury)
-Libya bombing 1986 (El Dorado Canyon)
-Naval battle w/ Iran 1987 (Praying Mantis)
-Panama 1989 (Just Cause)

Thank you, historian!

[ptsal]

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