Law

The Pentagon spokesman was asked today if the US is at war in the Middle East and he said no. The Constitution grants the congress sole power to declare war. Korea was never declare war but went on for three years and 38,000 American soldiers died. Next came the Vietnam war and congress passed the War Power Act which was designed to enforce the Constitutional requirement that only the congress can declare war. The War Powers Resolution requires the president to notify Congress within 48 hours of committing armed forces to military action and forbids armed forces from remaining for more than 60 days, with a further 30-day withdrawal period, without congressional authorization for use of military force  Congress has not declared war since WW 2. All the presidents since FDR have failed to follow the law. In the current example of bombing the Houthis in Yemen the country has no idea on what the end game is. If the president followed the law congress would ask for a plan. Most people seem to think that the US will send in few hundred rockets and end the situation not realizing that Saudi Arabia has been doing this to the Houthis for eight years and have used 25,000 rockets. Is the US in for another long war in the Middle East. Perhaps if the congress would do its duty and enforce the law the US might not get into conflicts so easily.