▲ | xnx 16 hours ago | ||||||||||||||||
Did I miss the part where Congress declared war or is that passe? | |||||||||||||||||
▲ | oceansky 15 hours ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
Even Vietnam wasn't formally declared as a war. Last formal declaration was WWII. | |||||||||||||||||
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▲ | wmf 15 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
It's not a war, it's a limited engagement or whatever. | |||||||||||||||||
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▲ | goodluckchuck 15 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
A declaration of war is an invitation for the other side to attack. Rather than being a restraint against war, empowering Congress to declare war allows them to force a potentially unwilling president into war. | |||||||||||||||||
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