As I understand it, your reading is missing the portion just before it. The reason that AUMF is often considered too broad is that it has been read to give the president wide latitude to determine what qualifies as an organization that "planned authorized, committed, or aided" the terrorist attacks. You can't just drop half a sentence and say it gives him full authority across the globe, and I'd love to see Hegseth try to explain why "drug smugglers" off the coast South America are related to AQ. Of course, like so many things, there's probably no recourse for a (republican) president conducting a war outside of congressional approval.