Constitutionally, I have much the same problem as Tom in this matter. Operationally, I grant that unconventional warfare may require unconventional methods. I am not at all certain HOW history will judge this, actually, and believe that there will be a Supreme Court test of the presidential unilateral war powers in our near future.

"There’s a reason the Constitution begins “We the people . . .” rather than “We the unconnected individuals who couldn’t care less about one another . . . .” - Eugene Robinson