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He only has to notify Congress within 48 hours, and if they don't approve it, those troops can stay deployed for up to 60 days. I'm just saying, he has already
by ivape 1y ago
He only has to notify Congress within 48 hours, and if they don't approve it, those troops can stay deployed for up to 60 days. I'm just saying, he has already shown he's very interested in finding every loophole possible.
- hiatus 1y agoFor people who may not know about this, it is in fact law. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Powers_Resolution https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Powers_Resolution
- eru 1y agoOh, but isn't that law just for 'special military operations'? It's not proper 'war'? (I agree that in practice, a war is a war, whether your nation's laws officially call it as such or not doesn't make much of a difference.)
- lupusreal 1y agoThe last time America formally declared a war was 1942. Every war since then has been various shades of "special military operation". At least the American public does recognize them as wars, so there's that at least.
- lesuorac 1y ago> At least the American public does recognize them as wars, so there's that at least. I'm not sure this is accurate. We have plenty of "wars" that aren't wars. Such as the annual "war on Christmas". Do we recognize them as "wars"? Or do we just use the word?
- eru 1y agoMetaphors are a thing. People can (mostly) tell the difference between a literal war and a metaphorical war. I say '(mostly)' because while the 'war on Christmas' and WWII are clear cut cases, the war on drugs is an example that sometimes skirts closer to the border. Though it's still very much a metaphorical war.
- MBCook 1y ago“Finding every loophole” implies he cares. Whatever they say always appears to be post-hoc rationalization to explain what would otherwise be illegal actions. They seem to have mostly given up on caring to find such things ahead of time.