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You really don't understand what a formal declaration of war is, do you?
by alexqgb 13y ago
You really don't understand what a formal declaration of war is, do you?
- krapp 13y agoI do. I'm suggesting that will probably be the justification, regardless. What is treason and what gets treated as treason can be two different things.
- alexqgb 13y agoSorry, but even the most agressive prosecutor is highly unlikely to bring a charge that is so easily and cleanly dismissed. It's like trying to charge someone with the murder of a person who clearly isn't dead. Our justice system has gotten hyper-agressive, but it's not that bad. At least not yet. A far more likely tack would be trying him under the Espionage Act, which is vague enough to make prosecution easy and defense hard. Relatively speaking, at least.
- CamperBob2 13y agoHe could be forgiven for not understanding what a formal declaration of war is, because the US hasn't issued such a declaration for the better part of a century. That hasn't stopped us from starting or entering numerous wars, of course... they're just "undeclared." Cuts down on the paperwork, dontchaknow.