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Originally posted by theking
A President cannot declare war. Since the introduction of the War Powers act a President can engage our military for up to ninety days without Congressional approval. Congress controls the purse strings and can cease to fund a war after ninety days. This happened to President Nixon. President Nixon promised South Vietnam that if North Vietnam did not abide by the peace agreements he would begin another round of heavy bombing of the North (which is what convinced the North to sign peace agreements in the first place). The North violated the peace agreements but Nixon could not respond with air power because the Congress had cut him off at the knees by cutting off funding for any further action in Vietnam.
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Yes, I know this. Which led to Johnson getting the ninety day deal later on. Was it the Bay of Tonka?