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Comment by Ancapistani

5 days ago

> The Presidency has no right whatsoever to attack a foreign country without a declaration of war.

That’s… just not true.

George Washington himself authorized the US Navy to attack French vessels in the Caribbean in 1798 - with no declaration of war.

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verzali  5 days ago

> The Congress shall have Power...

> To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations;

> To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;

> To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;

> To provide and maintain a Navy;

> To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;

> To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;

  • Ancapistani  5 days ago

    I’m quite familiar.

    My point is that —- regardless of appropriateness —- this is about as far from “unprecedented” as can be imagined.

    Congress didn’t declare ware on Syria, or Iraq, or Yemen, or Somalia, or any number of other African countries when the US attacked them during the Biden administration.