wrote:
>
> Since World War II, the decision-making power of Congress to
declare
> war has been voluntarily limited to issuing authorizations of
force.
> The War Powers Resolution of 1973 (Public Law 93-148) limits the
> power of the President of the United States to wage war without the
> approval of the Congress. Military engagements authorized by
Congress
> Many times, the United States has engaged in extended military
> engagements that, while not formally declared wars, were explicitly
> authorized by Congress, short of a formal declaration of war.
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Since the power to declare war is pretty specifically authorized in
the United State constitution - and the manner in which that
authorization is to be changed is likewise specifically spelled out -
Congress does not have the authority to "voluntarily" give the
president the authority to declare war. The use of the so-called "War
Powers Act" is unconstitutional.
These
> were:
>
> Quasi-War France 1798 Convention of 1800 (Treaty of
Mortefontaine)
> First Barbary War Barbary States 1801
> Second Barbary War Barbary States 1815
> Raid of slave traffic Africa 1820
> Redress for attack on U.S. Navy vessel Paraguay 1859
> Intervention during the Russian Civil War Bolshevist Russia 1918
> Protection of Lebanon Rebels 1958
> Vietnam War National Liberation Front, later Democratic Republic of
> Vietnam Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, August 7, 1964
> Restoration of Lebanese government 1982
> Invasion of Panama a.k.a. Operation Just Cause Panama Defense Force
> December 20, 1989 Manuel Noriega deposed
> Persian Gulf War a.k.a. Operation Desert Storm Iraq January 12,
1991
> 52-47 250-183 The United Nations Security Council drew up terms for
> the cease-fire, April 3, 1991
> Invasion of Afghanistan a.k.a Operation Enduring Freedom Taliban
> government of Afghanistan,
> al-Qaida and other alleged terrorist groups S.J. Res. 23
> September 18, 2001
> Iraq War a.k.a. Operation Iraqi Freedom Iraq H.J. Res. 114,
> October 16, 2002
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Each of these first 5 events that you listed were undertaken to
redress specific grievances against the United States (it was still
the United States way back then) and were not "extended military
engagements"; the rest of them were/are illegal and unconstitutional.
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