But the Founders of OUR nation wanted to put a stop to that practice (of king's wars);hence they designated CONGRESS as having the sole authority to declare war.
Too bad that earlier generations of Congresscritters allowed an imperial Presidency to come into being, starting with Lincoln.
I am not a conservative as much as a reactionary : a conservative is simply one who wants no more change, whereas a reactionary would like to turn back to earlier ways.
Being a strict Constitutionalist is not very popular with conservatives or liberals.
However, if the writers of the Constitution wanted to prohibit military action absent a declaration of war, they would have written it that way. Nothing prohibits Congress from authorizing the POTUS to use force absent a declaration of war. Its just not there so I don't understand where you would roll back to.