hmm..."free trade with all. entangling alliances with none"....sound familar? This is what our Nation's founders thought of foreign intervention and why Congress is required to declare wars, not pass that power to the executive branch.
Congress delared war. Look up the definition of "war".
“This is what our Nation’s founders thought of foreign intervention”
...and the shores of Tripoli....
...Barbary pirates...
“and why Congress is required to declare wars, not pass that power to the executive branch.”
The President is the Commander in Chief. He has the executive power to send men to battle as they have done in Korea,Vietnam,Panama,Grenada,Iraq,Afghanistan...