istory suggests that the current pattern—of the president either using military force on his own commander-in-chief authority or winning an authorization for the use of force, but not a full-fledged state of war, from Congress—is hardly novel. Americans fought countless wars against the Indians from the early 17th century to the late 19th century without ever declaring war because Indian tribes were not recognized as sovereign entities within the Western legal understanding.
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