Children killed with machetes are just as dead as those killed with nerve agents.  Those who drafted the US Constitution very much worried about allowing the then common scenario where the King ordered war. The worst fears regarding this abuse of power have come to pass because the Congress again refuses to exercise their Constitutional mandate to act as a check against these imperial dictates that are militarily offensive in nature and primarily political in motive with no regard to a clear strategic objective.  We are teaching the world that despite our rhetoric about democracy and the rule of law,  the truth is that "might is right". We might want to remember the adage: "What goes around comes around.".