Chad Scott

That's kind of the...

We haven't declared war on anyone since World War II.

So it's always been an authorization for use of military force.

It's basically Congress saying, hey, we give the president permission to do this.

It's not an act of war.

Yeah, basically, there's...

It it kind of divorces the Congress from the action if there's too many people who are opposed to it.

But it's also quicker.

There's a quicker mechanism for an authorization for use of military force.

And it allows them to the Congress to instead of saying, we want this war, we want to fight this war.

We believe wholeheartedly in this war.

They just kind of say, yeah.

go do what you need, President.

We're not going to get in your way.

And that's kind of what happened.

And Vietnam.

They were all authorizations for use of military force.

Key thing here is right now for this Iran situation, this Iran debacle,

There is not a declaration of war, nor is there an authorization for use of military force.

So we are in a new area now.