[Carry_Okie]

Yeah, but! Korea wasn't 'declared'; Viet Nam wasn't 'declared'; Panama wasn't 'declared'; Grenada wasn't; Balkan bombing wasn't... ad infinitum.

Going back to Tripoli and the Barbary Pirates, an awful precedent.

[bill1952]

Again, you confuse the definition of "War" with being CIC.

The president is valid, legal, and entirely within the framework of the Constitution.

Congress can pay or not.
That's it, and that's what you elect when you elect a president. Commander in Chief.