Ordering Military Action Against Another Country: Legal/Illegal?

For decades precedences may have been set that effectively negate what the Constitution states about using military action or declaring war on another country.  To-date no former President has had any legal actions taken against them by Congress.  I think they all know if they did try to impeach/convict one, they would have to convict/impeach all former presidents alive or dead.

President Clinton’s bombing of Sudan and Afghanistan on the eve of his indictment ended a Taliban plan to expel Osama bin Laden from Afghanistan. His bombing of Yugoslavia resulted in thousands of deaths, and his bombing of Baghdad on the eve of his impeachment hardly reassured anyone of a just and balanced American foreign policy.

President Bush chose to ignore the United States Constitution by ordering our military into Iraq. His son has done the same. President Reagan ignored the Constitution by attacking Libya, while Presidents Kennedy and Johnson did so by sending troops to Vietnam.

Maybe what is needed, now, is for this to be totally re-written, unless there is a direct attack on America that requires an immediate military response?

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