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Let a foreign army invade US territory and i seriously doubt Congress would take much time in voting for war.
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Nice ninja Gulf of Tonkin incident reference!
To answer your question though, our military forces have the right to defend themselves against attack without a Congressional declaration of war. That shouldn't be used to justify landing ground troops in a foreign country however.