Ron Paul is a bitter repetitious self serving fool. Congressional authorization has been discussed at length. Even if the 1991 authorization and cease fire’s considered expired, the two congressional authorizations and the year and a half public debate since more than satisfy the sprit, if not the letter, of the Constitution. And don’t say that the word "war" has to be inserted. This has been ruled on.
As far as his claim of a "rush to war" (over 12 years), that Iraq "has not aggressed against us nor poses any threat to us" (after firing on our jets and building WMD) or that we’ll have "expanded Middle East chaos" (after we forward deploy an attack force in Iraq), my dog makes more sense when he debates.
lol!
"...if the 1991 authorization and cease fire’s considered expired, the two congressional authorizations and the year and a half public debate since more than satisfy the sprit, if not the letter, of the Constitution...**********************
.Congressional "spirit" resolutions and public debate are not a substitutute for an official decision on war.
"Oh, go to war if you want to" is plainly passing the buck from Congress to the Executive Branch.
That's illegal.