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Formally speaking, the US hasn't been at war since World War II [1]. The use of military force by the US government without a declaration of war has rendered th
by jkn 14y ago
Formally speaking, the US hasn't been at war since World War II [1]. The use of military force by the US government without a declaration of war has rendered the concept rather meaningless. We are left with the colloquial acceptation of "war" which certainly includes the conflicts with Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan, but probably not Cuba and Venezuela.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_war_by_the_United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_war_by_the_Unite...
- mc32 14y agoOfficial or not, most (and me included) would consider VN, Iraq and Afghanistan wars. I guess my contention is that currently, the US is not at war with any particular country, however, it is involved in conflicts in some and has military presence in others (tho not in active fighting). So I guess my main point is that calling it war is a stretch but I acknowledge that they'd go out of business pretty soon, if they just went by general convention of what "war" is. Maybe an alternative ideas would be "conflict" food, that would enable them to serve food from ethiopia, india, tibet, afghanistan, sudan, colombia, mexico, phiipinnes, etc. and not let their fate rest on the possibility of peace.