Congress, the President, and the Power to Make War

America possesses the most powerful military the world has ever seen. We should use it wisely. Image: AFP

I got to thinking recently about the federal government’s war-making powers. What a topic to mull over during the waning days of summer, right? Well, it didn’t come out of the blue.

August 7 was the 54th anniversary of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, an act of Congress that gave President Lyndon Johnson unprecedented power to commit American troops to Vietnam. I took a look at…