One of the many reasons the US Congress does not declare war is that once they do, quite a few of our laws change and start giving the President considerable individual authority that will stay with the President until Congress declares the war over.
Given the choice of OOTW and keeping control/power and declaring war and giving much of that power to the President, it is not surprising that Congress chooses not to declare war.
I would like to see a drastic restriction of OOTW as it think it circumvents the US constitution.
War should be something to be avoided and used only as a last resort. OOTW makes fighting wars easier and that is what I feel should not happen.
If we are going to send the military someplace to kill and die, we need to declare war.
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abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.
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