@kelrobi11 @JGilliam_SEAL @realDonaldTrump @izzybelle1964 Laws are about precedent. The first US foreign war was against Barbary Pirates of N. Africa; this led directly to the founding of the US Navy in March 1794; the first Marines were soldiers carried on board as the song says "...to the shores of Tripoli."
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@kelrobi11 @JGilliam_SEAL @realDonaldTrump @izzybelle1964 Actually, this is somewhat of a grey area. For prior to the Vietnam era War Powers act, only the Marine Corps could be deployed by the President without congressional approval.
@kelrobi11 @JGilliam_SEAL @realDonaldTrump @izzybelle1964 Now all services can be activated by the President as a "police action"; that is, without a formal declaration of war by Congress. Nonetheless, the Marine Corps is still considered the only service the President may independently direct under the National Security Act of 1947.
