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minus-squareGreenShimada@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 hours agoThere’s a reason why after WWII the Department of War was renamed Department of Defense. We weren’t at war. We’re not currently at war, either. Chester’s gotta ask Congress to rubber-stamp a war first.
minus-squarescarabic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 hour agoThat’s some very antiquated and naive logic. NONE of these conflicts involved a formal declaration of war: Korean War Vietnam War Persian Gulf Afghanistan Iraq War So you’re going to tell me we weren’t at war for any of those? Bullshit. There’s been plenty of work for a Department of War in the US since WW2.
There’s a reason why after WWII the Department of War was renamed Department of Defense.
We weren’t at war. We’re not currently at war, either. Chester’s gotta ask Congress to rubber-stamp a war first.
That’s some very antiquated and naive logic. NONE of these conflicts involved a formal declaration of war:
Korean War
Vietnam War
Persian Gulf
Afghanistan
Iraq War
So you’re going to tell me we weren’t at war for any of those? Bullshit. There’s been plenty of work for a Department of War in the US since WW2.