XPost: rec.aviation.military, soc.history.war.misc, or.politics   
   XPost: seattle.politics, alt.law-enforcement   
   From: smharding@verizon.net   
      
   On 3/4/26 4:09 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   > "a425couple"  wrote in message news:fc%pR.257522$1%Hc.236263@fx18.iad...   
   >   
   >   
   > This clip of Democrat Rep. Nancy Pelosi is resurfacing   
   > again, where she is seen reiterating to the press   
   > that President's DON'I need Congressional approval for   
   > military action.   
   >   
   > Reporter: "Obama did not need authorization, and still   
   > does not need it on Libya?"   
   >   
   > Pelosi: "Yes."   
   >   
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   >   
   > Neither Korea nor Vietnam were Congressionally declared wars. Korea was   
   > a UN police action, Johnson stretched the Tonkin Gulf Resolution into   
   > justification to do as he pleased.   
   >   
   > The Tonkin Gulf resolution was likely based on willfully misrepresenting   
   > radar returns from lightning strikes as North Vietnamese attackers.   
   >   
   > https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/educational-resources/tonkin-gulf   
   >   
   > Trump must be attacked like witches.   
      
   America's first war was an undeclared naval war, the Quasi-War with   
   France (1798-1800).  It was not a declared war by Congress, although   
   they did authorize limited actions against the French.   
      
   I suspect in this age of more modern weaponry there will be no more   
   officially declared wars by Congress.  Hostilities happen too quickly   
   and are usually more limited in scope with countries able to deny any   
   responsibility for initializing an attack.   
      
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