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Technically, the US hasn't fought any wars since WWII -- as a declaration of war is a Congressional function. All of the other things people think of or refer
by beambot 3y ago
Technically, the US hasn't fought any wars since WWII -- as a declaration of war is a Congressional function. All of the other things people think of or refer to wars were technically "conflicts".
- bejk22 3y agoI'm unsure the US can unilaterally decide if it's in a war or not. Do the opposite side consider it a war? Do the international community consider it a war? Semantic games internal to a single side do not matter much.
- skygazer 3y agoUntil an outside observer collapses the wave function, it’s a Schrodinger’s conflict? A Tolstoy Superposition (of War and Peace)?
- tshaddox 3y agoThat’s not even correct on a technicality, because you switch mid-sentence from discussing “war” to discussing “declaration of war.” A declaration of war is plainly different from a war. Declarations of war are frequently made well after a war has begun or well before any fighting takes place. And as you state, many wars are fought without any declaration of war.
- solardev 3y ago[flagged]
- mongol 3y agoYou are using the word technically wrong. Whether a country is at war or not is not a technical matter, it is dependent on the facts on the ground. A war is an intense armed conflict, usually between states. Just as the US did not declare war after WWII, they have not had problems calling Russia's invasion of Ukraine a war, despite Russian statements it is just a special military operation. We all know it is a war, just like that the US has been involved in multiple wars after WWII.