Who has the power to declare war–the President or Congress?
Tom Poudrier says: September 9, 2008 at 7:54 pm The Constitution is very flimsy on the issue of power to declare war. It states that the president must seek approval from congress to officially declare war. This does not mean that the President cannot send troops to foreign countries without the approval of Congress. The decision to go into Iraq was constitutionally legitimate as it was voted on by congress and Bush was given authorization to use the US Armed Forces to stop threats against the safety of the US. Pres Bush and his cabinet did use some questionable tactics to persuade some members of congress into going to war without being completely aware of the true situation but overall it was constitutional. The intelligence before the invasion was questionable after the fact but we had to believe the information in front of us at the time because it was a threat to national security. On one hand, we are lucky that not all of it was true such as the capability of Saddam Hussein to at
