As many of the "Whereas" portions of the
bill were suspected to be exaggerations or outright fabrications at the time the bill was put up for vote (and most of these have since been found to be completely without compelling evidentiary support), this is a perfect example of why we must insure the standard of the congressional debate and deliberation period before congress votes or supports any extensive military operation against sovereign states, and that the bills to support such operations include provisions for bipartisan congressional oversight committees who will receive weekly briefings from the State Department and the Pentagon regarding status of the operation to include imminent action and current intelligence assessments.
Such is unlikely to eliminate all recklessness, but knowing that they are going to be asked about the issues of civilians, public and private property, rules of engagement, end-game, etc., ahead of voting on authorization and in order to maintain congressional support (funding), will make it much more likely that that future administrations will at least give some consideration to these concerns and issues before they even approach congress for these authorizations, and congress is put in the position of having to vote and being held responsible for the consequences of their votes, based upon non-existent, incomplete or unreliable information.
