[elfman2 on another computer]

"The power to decide war was given to Congress. If Congress gives that power to the President, the President is deciding war. That's illegal."

I’ll take your word that I misquoted you. I apologize.

I see nothing intrinsic in the power to do something that excludes the power to delegate it. And to some extent, the Commander & Chief will always be delegated with the power to not wage war after Congress authorizes it. So in that sense, the latest congressional authorizations were a declaration of war, but with early recognition of the executive's authority to abstain from prosecuting it.

This is the kind of flexibility that our enemies probably didn’t expect of this nation when they declared war on us.

[exodus]

I’ll take your word that I misquoted you. I apologize.

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I would take someone's word too, elfman2. It's way too much trouble to go back through the thread searching for things like that.

You're forgiven, my friend.

[inquest]

This is the kind of flexibility that our enemies probably didn’t expect of this nation when they declared war on us.

Why is it so essential that this "flexibility" be exercised by the President rather than Congress?