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minus-squaretitanicx@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoOnly Congress can declare war. Until then it’s a conflict.
minus-squarePrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoA war is a war whether the aggressor decides to officially call it that or not War - Noun -fighting, using soldiers and weapons, between two or more countries, or two or more groups inside a country - Cambridge Dictionary It’s just as much a war as Putin’s war in Ukraine is. The fact that Congress hasn’t gotten round to declaring it yet is moot
minus-squaretitanicx@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoOh I know, and you know, but there are legal definitions and issues with what he’s doing. Not that any of that matters regardless to the asshats in charge.
Only Congress can declare war. Until then it’s a conflict.
A war is a war whether the aggressor decides to officially call it that or not
War - Noun -fighting, using soldiers and weapons, between two or more countries, or two or more groups inside a country - Cambridge Dictionary
It’s just as much a war as Putin’s war in Ukraine is. The fact that Congress hasn’t gotten round to declaring it yet is moot
Oh I know, and you know, but there are legal definitions and issues with what he’s doing. Not that any of that matters regardless to the asshats in charge.