You're showing your ignorance, and in light of the display you've put on in this thread, that's nearly a redundant statement.
Why don't you read the War Powers Act (bring along a dictionary) before you go making assinine statements with zero basis in truth.
P.S. The protologist's office called, they've located your head.
"Congress is charged with deciding if our nation should go to war. There is no provision for delegating the power to make war to the Executive. War is a legislative decision."
To: exodus; jwalsh07
"...Why don't you read the War Powers Act ... before you go making asinine statements with zero basis in truth..."
# 213 by Luis Gonzalez
I've already read the War Powers Act, and it doesn't say what you think it says.
It DOES NOT give the President power to wage war as he sees fit.
It is a LIMITATION on the war powers already usurped by Presidential officeholders since WW 2. It passed over the veto of President Nixon, and has been disregarded by every President since it's passage, including both Presidents Bush.
The President is limited to 8 months of un-sanctioned military action, and then, "...the President shall terminate any use of United States Armed Forces..." [SEC. 5. (b)]
We have been bombing the nation of Iraq for years, without a Declaration of War, and without the specific authorization of Congess, as required by the War Powers Act.
President Bush, like President Clinton before him, has violated the War Powers Act.