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> By definition you can not declare war on something not another country So the American Civil War wasn't a war, since the south wasn't another country? The Ch
by freddie_mercury 8y ago
> By definition you can not declare war on something not another country
So the American Civil War wasn't a war, since the south wasn't another country? The Chinese civil war wasn't a war? The Iruqois Wars weren't wars? The Seljuk-Crusader War wasn't a real war? The War of the Sicilian Vespers wasn't a real war? The War of the Succession of Champange wasn't a real war?
It seems like there's about 4,000+ years of natural language clearly establishing that a war is NOT just about fights between two nation states.
But, hey, I could be wrong. It wouldn't be the first time Congress has passed a resolution that ended up being found unconstitutional and it won't be the last.
- jacquesm 8y ago> So the American Civil War wasn't a war, since the south wasn't another country? No, it was a Civil War. As you already wrote. > The Chinese civil war wasn't a war? No. > The Iruqois Wars weren't wars? You are really reaching now. It seems to me that you are trying very hard to hold on to the idea that there is such a thing as a 'war on terrorism' but the whole thing is nonsense, just as much as the 'war on drugs' or any other mis-use of the term. > But, hey, I could be wrong. Yes you are. > It wouldn't be the first time Congress has passed a resolution that ended up being found unconstitutional and it won't be the last. It's not the constitution of the United States that matters here but international law. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_war https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_war
- cglace 8y agoIt's hard to say the CSA was not a country. They had land, currency, bonds, postage stamps, a government, an army, and a constitution.