Source: Garrison Center
by Thomas L Knapp
“The US Constitution assigns the power to declare war to Congress, not to the president. If the president attacks another country without such a declaration, it’s not a war, it’s just a crime — a ‘high crime’ legally meriting and ethically requiring that president’s impeachment and removal from office. Unfortunately, presidents have been getting away with such crimes on a routine basis since the end of World War 2. The list is too long to fit in an op-ed, but a few high points include Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Those conflicts weren’t wars, at least so far as US law was concerned. They were criminal acts carried out by lawless presidents with the acquiescence — and often co-conspiracy — of Congress.” (01/15/26)