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<blockquote data-quote="Polycarp1" data-source="post: 2587333" data-attributes="member: 12403"><p>Technically it takes a declaration of war by Congress to put us into a war -- and we have not been in a declared war since September 1945, unless you want to argue that we never signed a peace treaty with Nazi Germany. But for what were initially good reasons, starting with Truman, Presidents have with Congressional approval committed American troops to "police actions" such as Korea, Lebanon, Vietnam, Grenada, Gulf War I, Bosnia, Somalia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and now Gulf War II. This has come to be a part of the "unwritten Constitution," in the same way as actual treaties must receive the advice and consent of the Senate, but "executive agreements" with foreign powers can have most of the same effects as treaties and do not require Senate vote.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Polycarp1, post: 2587333, member: 12403"] Technically it takes a declaration of war by Congress to put us into a war -- and we have not been in a declared war since September 1945, unless you want to argue that we never signed a peace treaty with Nazi Germany. But for what were initially good reasons, starting with Truman, Presidents have with Congressional approval committed American troops to "police actions" such as Korea, Lebanon, Vietnam, Grenada, Gulf War I, Bosnia, Somalia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and now Gulf War II. This has come to be a part of the "unwritten Constitution," in the same way as actual treaties must receive the advice and consent of the Senate, but "executive agreements" with foreign powers can have most of the same effects as treaties and do not require Senate vote. [/QUOTE]
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