At Large

 Cincinnatus accepting the whatever-it-is... fasces, I think... symbol of leadership and setting aside his ploughshare.

Spotted near the civilized areas, prowling near the garbage dump, are a number of opinion pieces that say that Congress must debate the new Libya War.
Well, that's a bit late. What and who authorized Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, etc? Too late, too late. Time and the tide and all that. The Office of the President  - just like Julius and his nephew Augustus - has received the imperium from the assemblies of the citizens. The various authorizations for wars we have seen since the 1960's are no declaration of war by Congress, but Congress will not force its will against the Imperium of the Presidency.
There is not one dictator, rather the Office itself has been allowed to exercise Dictatorship in War, and each holder of the office of President exercises the power. Thus, when people say that Libya is Obama's War, we sense that there is a real sense that we have come to expect the present holder of the Office of the Presidency to exercise that Dictator's Imperium.

Unlike old Rome, when Cincinnatus assumed the Imperium, then relinquished it and returned to his farm, we are more like Julian Rome. We desire the spectacle. We always speculate on the people running for president: will they have the nerve and guts to push the red button?! Will they be tough guys when confronted by whomever we dislike at the moment?!
We want to see some sabers rattle and missiles rain like hail.
Then we want our freedom.
Then we want drones killing kids in other countries, but not here. Not here. The Imperium shall never reign here!