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The US hasn't formally declared war on anyone since World War 2. Not Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam, Korea, nor any of the many smaller conflicts we've fought. How
by leereeves 5y ago
The US hasn't formally declared war on anyone since World War 2. Not Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam, Korea, nor any of the many smaller conflicts we've fought.
However, the United Nations did declare war on North Korea, with US support, and the US is the major participant in that war; and no peace treaty was ever signed, merely a cease fire.
- dnautics 5y agothat's exactly correct. If we're going to start abridging freedoms (which I concede may be necessary in exigencies), we'd better get a congressional vote on it.
- rualca 5y agoI'm afraid you're just stating how you'd prefer things to be instead of discussing (and considering) how things actually are. The truth of the matter is that declarations of war are patently irrelevant regarding whether a nation is deemed hostile or not.
- dnautics 5y agoYes, of course. This whole thread is about how we would prefer things to be, it's about the ethics of whether or not someone should have been arrested. He was arrested. That is the "truth of the matter".