THE LATEST | CANADAAndrew Coyne/The Globe and Mail: The reason why presidents are expected, if not required, to seek Congress’s approval before going to war – the reason they are encouraged, if not expected, to seek the approval of the Security Council – is not out of some bureaucratic concern that everyone fill out the proper forms.
It is to force them to lay out their case – to show why war is necessary, why no less drastic intervention will suffice; and to show that they have a serious plan for winning it, including a plan for what comes after. Needless to say, the Trump administration has done none of these. It is not just a war of choice. It is a war of fancy, without the slightest grounding in law, or necessity, or reality…