Thank you for reminding our leaders that the president does not have the authority to declare war on a sovereign nation, only Congress does (“Going to war,” editorial, April 19). I only wish your editorial had come out 19 years ago (almost to the day) when President Bill Clinton bombed the Serbian people in 1999, disregarding international and domestic laws including the War Powers Act, and disregarding a congressional vote that did not support the effort.
The world hasn’t been the same since as terrorists/secessionists were encouraged during this bombing and the subsequent illegal recognition of Kosovo’s “independence” that terrorism can indeed alter the borders of sovereign nations as long as NATO supports them.