如果美国国会负责任地考虑奥巴马的计划，而不是屈服于次次让他难堪的党派私利，那么就能增强其夺回宪法权力授权军事冲突的立场 — — 在过去半个世纪中，这一权力往往遭受削弱而不是增强。
If the US Congress deals with Obama’s proposal responsibly, and does not yield to those motivated by a partisan desire to embarrass him at every turn, it will enhance its own claim to recapture the constitutional power to authorize military conflict – a power that has been disregarded more often than not in the past half-century.