From an article in FINDLAW>
After troops are in the field--whether formally authorized by Congress or not--it can appear unpatriotic to call for the abandonment of their mission. Thus, the formal need for Congressional approval is superseded by the political impossibility of Congress's withholding that approval once the President has unilaterally committed troops. Thus, in practice, despite the Framers' best efforts, the dice are loaded against a substantial Congressional role in supervising the conduct of war.
Doesn't seem to square with the founders' intentions does it? This question of just when is the CIC authorized to deploy troops has been around since maybe, 1776? A quick Google search finds arguments going back to the founding documents...
So, as a pratical matter, the prez's actions re military deployment only need be popular with the body politic??? Enter, the Ministry of Information...THEY'LL tell us what we need to know to make an informed decision ; )
FGS
Must be something in the Texas water which gives so many of its citizens a disproportionate amount of horse sense.
Now that I gave ya the *sweet*, here's the *bitters*.
I've made a couple of *edits* to your sage statement; all, in an effort to focus the words on what type of rodents we're dealing & have infesting the nation's Liberal-Socialist Lamestream media, these days.
"Enter, the Ministry of DISInformation...THEY'LL tell us anything under the sun as long as we *think* that's what we need to know to make an UNinformed decision."
How's that?
...hope we can still be friends, FGS. {g}