As I began covering the story, I had to lay out the players and circumstances, in my mind. We have a President who hails from a party which purports to be committed to limiting the growth of the Federal Government, and yet has taken pre-emptive action without the approval of Congress. His idea was to forestall an inevitable, greater war, by acting directly, and through like minded members of his administration, yet has exceeded any previous limits to Presidential authority. He has justifed this action in his mind, by ascribing intentions to foreigners, without convincing proof of this being first...