states, the last time we were engaged in a constitutionally-declared war was world war ii. if we had followed cues initch s prescriptions, we would not have been in korea, in vietnam or in iraq and so on. the fact is for a very long time, the peerial presidency in the hands of both democrats and republicans, has operated the way they feel like operatinged on the basis of urgency. so it s a good point he makes, but probably not relevant. much more relevant is the second point, if the u.s. is engaged with some consultation with congress, with the president saying it s necessary for humanitarian reasons, but on the back of a series of different expectations. by different players. the arab league, nato, the u.n., the u.n. people who didn t vote but remain silent. china, brazil. russia, india. they all have very different expectations. we went in with the first quarter very much in sight. repress the ground fire, save civilians. but what happens in the second quarter if gadhafi is still