I am not inclined to argue anymore about Iraq or Afghanistan, but I don't find any mert is saying that the U.S. engaged in military actions that were spurious or unauthorised.

The UN votes were preceeded by open dabate and were shown "in real time" on international television.

Same for the House and Senate debates about Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan.

We saw our Congressional representatives debate and then vote on all these actions. Once actions was decided, all debate should have ended with the participants closing ranks and showing a united front.

Sad to say, the latter did not happen.