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did the US Congress authorize Reagan’s bombing in 1986?

The 1986 United States bombing of Libya, code-named Operation El Dorado Canyon, comprised the joint United States Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps air-strikes against Libya on April 15, 1986. The attack was carried out in response to the 1986 Berlin discotheque bombing.

As far as a “strawman argument” Palin has called for his removal. As the beginning and the end of military action in Libya Next to OBL Gaddafi is one of the biggest American murderers in the world. With mor ethan 300+ American souls on his hands.

So yes i would place him as one of america’s most wanted.

"did the US Congress authorize Reagan’s bombing in 1986?"

Apparently, you didn't read the rest of your own post - "The attack was carried out in response to the 1986 Berlin discotheque bombing."

The War Powers Resolution of 1973 (50 U.S.C. 1541-1548) is pretty unequivocal in its prohibitions of military use of force without Congressional authority, except in some very specific circumstances that reach the threshold of "a national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces."

A contemporaneous retaliation for a bombing targeting Americans would EASILY fit within those legal confines, this action wouldn't. Obama should have gone to Congress first. It's not complicated.

"So yes i would place him as one of america’s most wanted."

And, if you were the keeper of the actual America's most wanted list, then your opinion would be persuasive. I'm assuming you aren't.

Kaddhaffi has never been on that list, and he certainly wasn't on that list in the last two months. There are NO American interests in Libya, and certainly no interests that were or are threatened by exigent circumstances. Unless there is an Congressional authorization of force, like there was and is for bin Laden and al Qaeda, this is an illegal action under US law.

"Bush Calls Gaddafi It looks like President Bush has taken a page from his successor's playbook. The AP reports that Bush called Libya's Moammar Gaddafi yesterday—the first time an American president has spoken with the African leader. Bush congratulated Gaddafi on completing an agreement to pay $1.5 billion into a fund that will pay claims for the 1988 Pan Am 103 bombing over Scotland and the 1986 bombing of a German disco. According to the AP, "The payment cleared the last hurdle in restoration of full normalization of diplomatic relations between the United States and Libya."

So one president makes an agreement, the next president comes along and treats it like toilet paper. And you wonder why the world has problem trusting the United States. And the wanted list BS would be a direct violation of the Bush agreement. But then return the money and we can put him on that list.