America’s bloodiest war, the Civil War, was fought without any declaration of war at all and without any prior Presidential approval. In subsequent years, various American Presidents sent American forces off to locations in Latin America and the Caribbean to take sides in an ongoing conflict or otherwise influence the internal politics of one of our neighbors to the south. During the Cold War, Presidents became even more willing to engage in military action without prior Congressional approval in matters ranging from major conflicts like Korea and Vietnam1 to minor actions such as the deployment of Marines to Beirut, the invasions of Panama and Grenada.
Posted on: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 19:12:19 +0000
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