• GreenShimada@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    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.

    • scarabic@lemmy.world
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      1 hour ago

      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.