NightOwl@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.ml · 14 hours agoTrump bombs Venezuelan land for first time: Is war imminent?www.aljazeera.comexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up188arrow-down10
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minus-squaresik0fewl@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·10 hours agoWar is determined by actions, not by Congress. That being said, this isn’t war yet.
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 hours agoThat depends on whether you are using the colloquial and international law definition, or the US formal definition. It’s only a war if Congress declares it, else it’s just a sparkling police action.
minus-squarepelespirit@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·9 hours agoCongress in the US has to authorize war. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorization_for_Use_of_Military_Force_Against_Iraq_Resolution_of_1991 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorization_for_Use_of_Military_Force_of_2001 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorization_for_Use_of_Military_Force_Against_Iraq_Resolution_of_2002
minus-squaresik0fewl@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·9 hours agoYou should be looking at the dictionary, not Wikipedia for the definition of war. Anyway, it’s not like Trump obeys laws anyway, so what Congress authorizes or not will probably not even come into play.
War is determined by actions, not by Congress.
That being said, this isn’t war yet.
That depends on whether you are using the colloquial and international law definition, or the US formal definition. It’s only a war if Congress declares it, else it’s just a sparkling police action.
Sparklingspecial military operation.Congress in the US has to authorize war.
You should be looking at the dictionary, not Wikipedia for the definition of war.
Anyway, it’s not like Trump obeys laws anyway, so what Congress authorizes or not will probably not even come into play.