How Did The Founding Fathers To Create A Government In The United States?

In the Constitution, the second try be the founding fathers to create a government in the United States. The ideas that are in the Constitution are used today to deal with certain issues that arise in the country today. Some people believe that some wars do reflect the ideas that the founding fathers had written out, while other wars are not even close to the principles of the Constitution.

In the Iraq War, the decision for the United States government to declare war was not what was the ideas of the founding fathers. Before the war even started, the President declared war himself, without the consent of Congress. An in the Constitution itself, it writes that Congress has the power, “to declare War,” (Art. I, sec. VIII). Then, as if to have a slap on the other side of the face, Congress, “refused to insist on enforcement of Article I, Section 8 of

the Constitution,” (Cuomo 2007). What was anybody thinking? They were so caught up in the issues that there could be a “possible disaster,” that all the rules went out the window. Also, the U.S. did not have a cause, but instead many speculations that if they did happen, then the country would have to go to war. The war in Iraq was not a war of people’s rights, but instead a war in which the government had possible ties to weapons of mass destruction, that could possibly hit the U.S.

The wars in Vietnam and Korea were somewhat constitutional, even though the method in which the wars happened were not always going according to the Constitution.

In both wars, “Presidents have often engaged in military operations without express Congressional consent. These operations include the Korean War, the Vietnam War,” (War Powers 2008). The result of the action to go to war in Vietnam led to the passing of the the War Powers Resolution in 1973. Since World War II, the presidency seemed to have control over Congress, which did change after the Vietnam War. The wars, though, were meant to protect the ideals of democracy in other parts of the world. However, to their claim, they say that, “since the Constitution was adopted there have been at least 125 instances in which the President has ordered the armed forces to take action or maintain positions abroad without obtaining prior congressional authorization, starting with the ‘undeclared war’ with France,” (Woods). However, they include several things that were very small, and not very large scale attacks, not even against other federal

governments.

The military intervention of Panama was constitutional. First of all, the ruler of Panama at the time, Manuel Noriega, “declared that Panama was in a state of war with the United States,” (War 2015). Also, the very next day, “a U.S. soldier in civilian clothes was killed by Panamanian soldiers,” (War 2015). The President at the time, George H. W. Bush, gave four reasons for intervening in Panama. Those reasons gave enough for Congress to approve and support the invasion.
Depending on the event, and the views of that person, would lead to that person feeling that an invasion or an act of war is constitutional or not. The idea of the President acting without the consent of Congress is a tough issue, especially whether the people feel it needs done or not. Whatever the issue is, it is important to understand that it says in the Constitution that, “This Constitution… shall be the supreme Law of the Land,” (Art. VI).