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I know this is gonna be controversal but technically speaking, there are no Russo-Ukrainian War, but Russo-Ukrainian Conflict since Russia did not declare war o

by stevefan1999 4y ago

I know this is gonna be controversal but technically speaking, there are no Russo-Ukrainian War, but Russo-Ukrainian Conflict since Russia did not declare war on Ukraine. It has a scale of a war but it is not officially a war yet.

popilewiz 4y ago
regularjack 4y ago
So you can murder someone, and say it wasn't murder, and then it's not murder?
davidgh 4y ago
If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.
- delta_p_delta_x 4y ago
  Duck-typing for a war.
- tpoacher 4y ago
  It's a special ornithological operation
cafard 4y ago
In how many of the US's armed conflicts was war declared? To the best of my recollection, the US never declared war against any Indian tribes, but spent more than a hundred years periodically fighting against them. Then there were overseas engagements. I have never heard the fighting in Korea called anything but "the Korean War", but at the time the US line was that it was "a police action". The US had a lot of troops in Vietnam and dropped plenty of bombs on the north, without ever declaring war.
- thesuperbigfrog 4y ago
  >> In how many of the US's armed conflicts was war declared? The US has not declared war since World War 2. The past 20 or so years of conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other places was officially "Authorization for the Use of Military Force" [1], not a war. (Notwithstanding the frequent use of the term "war on terror".) Under the US Constitution, war declarations are typically made against opposing nation-states and are performed by the US Congress [2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorization_for_Use_of_Military_Force_of_2001 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorization_for_Use_of_Milit... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Powers_Clause https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Powers_Clause
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popilewiz 4y ago

regularjack 4y ago

So you can murder someone, and say it wasn't murder, and then it's not murder?

davidgh 4y ago

If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.

delta_p_delta_x 4y ago
Duck-typing for a war.
tpoacher 4y ago
It's a special ornithological operation

cafard 4y ago

In how many of the US's armed conflicts was war declared? To the best of my recollection, the US never declared war against any Indian tribes, but spent more than a hundred years periodically fighting against them. Then there were overseas engagements. I have never heard the fighting in Korea called anything but "the Korean War", but at the time the US line was that it was "a police action". The US had a lot of troops in Vietnam and dropped plenty of bombs on the north, without ever declaring war.

thesuperbigfrog 4y ago
>> In how many of the US's armed conflicts was war declared? The US has not declared war since World War 2. The past 20 or so years of conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other places was officially "Authorization for the Use of Military Force" [1], not a war. (Notwithstanding the frequent use of the term "war on terror".) Under the US Constitution, war declarations are typically made against opposing nation-states and are performed by the US Congress [2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorization_for_Use_of_Military_Force_of_2001 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorization_for_Use_of_Milit... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Powers_Clause https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Powers_Clause

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