Does the President have to ask congress for authorization

[1KansasDem]

before attacking Syria?

[HardTimes99]

1. Cheney's NSA has already informed everyone of what their roles will be. Everything we see and

hear is mere window dressing, kabuki theater for the rubes.

[PoliticAverse]

2. Not according to the War Powers Resolution for say, a cruise missle attack. n/t

[1KansasDem]

3. This evening I've been reading about the

war powers act and doesn't seem that cut and dried.

[JayhawkSD]

4. Have you read the War Powers Resolution?

Or even a summary? From Wikipedia, not an entirely reliable source but providing, in this case, a pretty valid summary (emphasis mine):

The War Powers Resolution of 1973 (50 U.S.C. 1541-1548) is a federal law intended to check the president's power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of Congress. The resolution was adopted in the form of a United States Congress joint resolution; this provides that the President can send U.S. armed forces into action abroad only by authorization of Congress or in case of "a national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces."

[PoliticAverse]

6. A similar situation happened with Obama and Libya and he didn't get prior congressional approval...

http://swampland.time.com/2013/08/26/obama-can-strike-syria-unilaterally/

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. In a pre imperial country, yes

These days war powers act...