[mrsmith]

So you think Jefferson and the congress did an " end run around the Constitution " when they sent a fleet and an army against Tripoli without a declaration of war?

So you think Adams and the congress did an " end run around the Constitution " when they sent the US navy to capture French ships and land the marines on French colonies without a declaration of war?

So you think Washington and the congress did an " end run around the Constitution " when they sent an army against the Miami without a declaration of war?

They did all these by congressional resolutions.
They knew the Constitution better than you.

[Dead Corpse]

Letters of Marque and Reprisal mean anything to you? Defending our own shores against invasion is a lot different than attacking a bunch of camel-jockeys in the Middle East.

You seem to not know the Constitution at all.