So, You Say You're a Hawk for the War in Iraq?

I have noticed there are a lot of content producers on AC that are Hawkish on the War in Iraq. I have asked them why in an honest attempt at fact finding. I thought I just might be missing something. Something that made these very intelligent "War Hawks" feel that "Operation Freedom" was the most important thing we could be doing in the world right now. These folks I asked...well, I respect their opinion. They are obviously well read and intelligent and they do have a firm grasp on a lot of issues. But just like every other opinion they do employ spin to make their argument. Some of these folks see nothing wrong with what we are doing in our foreign policy as a whole. The only thing they think that we possibly did wrong was not implementing proper military tactics. They feel the tactics that we have employed could have been improved upon. This article will address just some of the things that I feel are wrong in regards to "Operation Freedom" specifically and why I feel this was an unnecessary and potentially dangerous war.

First lets examine whether or not "Operation Freedom" is, in fact, a legal War:

"Article One, Section Eight of the Constitution says "Congress shall have power to ... declare War," however, that passage provides no specific format for what form legislation text must have to be considered a "Declaration of War" nor does the Constitution itself use this term."

"Many have postulated "Declaration(s) of War" must contain that phrase as or within the title. Many oppose that reasoning. The postulate has not been tested in court; however, this article will use the term "formal Declaration of War" to mean Congressional legislation that uses the phrase "Declaration of War" in the title." Under the Constitution, war powers are divided and not equal."

"Congress has the power to declare war and raise and support the armed forces (Article I, Section 8), while the President is Commander in Chief (Article II, Section 2). It is generally agreed that the Commander in Chief role gives the President power to repel attacks against the United States and makes him responsible for leading the armed forces.