Could be some good reasons that the US Constitution doesn't authorize one person to take the country to war on a whim.
𝐔.𝐒. 𝐀𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐭 𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐜 𝐅𝐮𝐫𝐲:
81 aircraft destroyed, lost or damaged, incl. 45 MQ-9 Reaper drones; Crewed jets: 12 F-15E Strike Eagles, 7 KC-135 tankers, 2 A-10s, 1 F-35A, 1 E-3 Sentry
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