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Originally Posted by aceventura3
The authority given to the President was not a formal declaration of war but was the equivalent to a declaration of war in my view. The President was given open ended authority to use the military as he saw fit, his judgment. This in my view gave him the same power a President would have when war is formally declared.
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The constitution is extremely specific in who, where, and how war is declared. An AUMF order from congress is in no way, shape, or form even close to that constitutionally specific issue.
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