We are in total agreement... We must work are way out of this mess and stop sending billions of dollars to the middle east!
The lawyer answer is actually correct. There is no time to get Congressional approval, which would warn the enemy’s defenses anyway. There certainly would be 24 or 48 hours of time to have lawyers decide if the President has authority under the Iraq war authorization to attack a weapons supplier of the enemy in Iraq.
You let the lawyers provide an opinion. If they say go, you go with no fear of being illegal, in the context that you act in good faith as to obeying the Constitution. If they say no go, then you are facing an illegal act contrary to the Constitution.
Good answer.