[mnehring]

IMO, the most important thing that Paul and his supporters (and others) seem to forget is that Saddam defied all of the UN Resolutions that ended the first war

Actually, most Paul supporters claim that UN resolutions are not Constitutional justifications to go to war. Of course, they completely ignore Article 1, Section 8, Subsection 10 which authorizes Congress to define and punish offenses against the laws of nations. In other words, Congress is given the right to decided if an international law/agreement is in the US's best interest to 'define and punish'.... they may not agree, but the unConstitutionality is bogus.

[George W. Bush]

Of course, they completely ignore Article 1, Section 8, Subsection 10 which authorizes Congress to define and punish offenses against the laws of nations.

It does not authorize them to delegate that authority to any other body. The intent is that such actions be answerable to the People directly, not to hand off our sovereignty to international courts and corrupt anti-American organizations like the United Nations.