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> The Department of Defense is the Department of War No, it is not, at least not technically. That would require an act of Congress, which hasn't happened. Des

• Johnny555 6mo ago
  But those idiots "in charge" are what matters, right? Since they set the tone for the department, and lately they sure are acting more like a DoW than a DoD.
  • chrisco255 6mo ago
    Its quite laughable to pretend that DoD was never on the offense between 1948 and 2025.
    • rob74 6mo ago
      Even Hitler's army, which attacked large parts of Europe in WW2, was called the Wehrmacht ("defense force" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wehrmacht https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wehrmacht). But, as a famous German who was almost 150 years older than Hitler already knew, "Namen sind Schall und Rauch" ("names are but sound and smoke").
• chrisco255 6mo ago
  It's effectively the same. The EO declares the Dept of War as a secondary title. Formally it still is the DoD.