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Diamond Member
Congress gave permission to president Bush to use ground Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. The permission still stands for president Obama. Harry Truman did not seek permission from Congress to send Troops to Korea. He used the UN for cover and the legality is still being questioned. Bill Clinton didn't seek permission from Congress to use American bombers on a defensless country in Europe. He used NATO for cover. President Obama did not have permission from congress to use American Military technmology to kill Kadhafi's family or aid the so-called rebels. He used NATO for cover.
Was the permission before or after the fact? I really do not know as for all intents it seems the President can declare war.
Also did Ronald ask for permission to invade Grenada? Bomb Libya?
Reagan's use of ground troops in Grenada was subject for a congressional hearing and he was vindicated but the Black Caucus apparently felt some kinship with the Cubans and tried an impeachment resolution. Bush gave Saddam a year to comply with UN sanctions and he had permission from congress well in advance of the Troop deployment. Reagan's attack on Kadhaffi was in response to the Lockerbee bombing. Obama didn't get much criticism in (democrat dominated congress) or the liberal media when he put pressure on Scotland to release the Lockerbee bomber on alleged humanitarian grounds which later were proved to be false. The irony was that Libya posed no threat to the US when Obama authorized Military technology in an attempted assassination of the leader of a sovereign nation. I forgot that Bill Clinton sent Cruise Missiles flying all over the place in Africa and the Mid-east in a vain attempt to show he was in charge after the string of bombings of US embassies in Africa. An asprin factory in Sudan was secretly compensated by the US after Clinton ordered it destroyed.