claim: "franklin roosevelt (was) the last president to come to the congress to ask for permission to engage into war."
author: charles rangel
evidence_1: on this day in 1941, president franklin roosevelt asks congress to declare war on japan in perhaps the most memorable speech of his career. ... indicating an imminent attack by japan days before, he had hoped that japanese and american diplomats, then negotiating in washington, would come to a peaceful solution.
evidence_2: aug 30, 2013 ... half-true · "franklin roosevelt (was) the last president to come to the congress to ask for permission to engage into war." — charles rangel, monday, april 4th, 2011. full flop. on the president unilaterally authorizing a military attack "that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation.
evidence_3: sep 3, 2013 ... john nichols of the nation, for example, sees every military conflict since world war ii as illegal, because presidents since franklin roosevelt "have not ... force" -- in other words, congressional permission to send the military into battle without invoking the magic words -- on at least another 11 occasions.
evidence_4: when war broke out in europe in september 1939, president franklin d. roosevelt declared that while the united states would remain neutral in law, he could “not ask that every american remain neutral in thought as well.” roosevelt himself made significant efforts to help nations engaged in the struggle against nazi ...
evidence_5: aug 30, 2013 ... president franklin roosevelt violated those laws to help the allies and draw the nation into war against the axis. while pro-congress critics worry about a president's foreign adventurism, the real threat to our national security may come from inaction and isolationism. many point to the vietnam war as an ...