Quote Originally Posted by Zaknafien
the US Legislative branch has no authority to impose laws upon other countries, obviously.
However the US Legislative branch has the authority to allow the military to act in accordance to its wishes by authorizing the commander in chief to use the military. Now one could argue there is only one instrument that Congress can use to authorize this by law, but history has shown and set presedence that the Congress has taken another method then what is spelled out in the Constitution.