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To: inquest
You give credence to one congressional authorization (read: not a declaration of war) to wage war simply because the people involved had names like Jefferson, Hamilton, and Adams, but want to discredit similar, contemporary congressional authorizations based on what exactly?
True, Darkdrake. Either it's legal, or it's not. Jefferson didn't want to go to war without a declaration from Congress, but was intimidated into going to war, anyway.
Jefferson's compliance with that Congressional pressure was his only cowardly decision as far as I know.
Jefferson is my favorite Founder.