What would you do in Syria

[Dill]

(04-07-2017, 01:57 PM)GMDino Wrote: I don't know if it's exactly the same (haven't had time to see what resolutions and what part we are now playing) but I did find Obama using teh War Powers Act to justify our part in the bombings.

https://web.archive.org/web/20110720165559/http://c-span.org/uploadedfiles/Content/Documents/2011libya.military.rel.pdf

Two days after the events.

Not to "justify." The War Powers Act only requires that he notify Congress within 48 hrs of the action, then after 60 days he must get congressional approval for further action (e.g., in case there were ground forces engaged somewhere). The UN Resolutions 1970 and 1973 were the justification, along with the consideration of civilian casualties.