[jfengel]

It's not a war even if Congress approves it. It's still just "an exercise of the War Powers Act", which is not technically the same thing.

To actually be a war Congress has to declare war. But they passed the War Powers Act so that they wouldn't have to do that.

In theory, the War Powers Act is limited to 60-90 days unless Congress approves funding. Which they may -- a bill to refuse funding failed. Which isn't the same thing, but even if they can't pass the authorization, it's not clear if that actually matters to anybody.

[goatlover]

A rose by any other name applies here. It is a war regardless of how the US government wants to legally dance around the term.