'International Permission’ Trumps Congressional Permission For Military Actions

[jimnyc]

Getting that tooth taken care of has made you senile.

Have a nice day, Rev.

[jimnyc]

I think he's just confused, maybe purposefully, about the definition of war. I see no real explanation for not understanding that not every military engagement is a war. Hell, we were in Vietnam from 1958 until 1973 and war was never declared. I guess JFK,LBJ,Nixon,and Eisenhower were all guilty of illegally declaring war even though war was never declared.......

With all of the congresses over the years that these 159 conflicts took place, I'm guessing there were thousands and thousands of congressmen and women who were involved in ignoring the constitution, or in dereliction of duty for not doing their jobs when the president overstepped his authority. 159 chances at "protecting the constitution" and our congress/president has failed us 159 times. Odd that not even one of these conflicts has ended up with an impeachment or similar.

[ConHog]

With all of the congresses over the years that these 159 conflicts took place, I'm guessing there were thousands and thousands of congressmen and women who were involved in ignoring the constitution, or in dereliction of duty for not doing their jobs when the president overstepped his authority. 159 chances at "protecting the constitution" and our congress/president has failed us 159 times. Odd that not even one of these conflicts has ended up with an impeachment or similar.

I guess Rev is just smarter than 200 + years worth of politicians and Constitutional scholars.

[revelarts]

I guess Rev is just smarter than 200 + years worth of politicians and Constitutional scholars.

not smarter just more honest.

[ConHog]

not smarter just more honest.

Well , saying your more honest than politicians isn't saying much at all.

Seriously though , wouldn't one think that , for instance, a Republican controlled Congress would impeach a Democratic President for invading say Vietnam if the President violated the COTUS when he did so? I happen to believe the answer is yes, they would.