01-03-2020, 05:23 PM
(01-03-2020, 04:41 PM)Arturo Bandini Wrote: Is there a US president that didn't declare a war or at least didn't bomb another country during his time ?
I have a hard remember one since I'm born.
I dislike Trump but he's just doing what every US president has done.
We kill millions people ? Not a big deal, they kill one of us, let's kill them by millions ...
Patriotic americans are the best but if another dude is patriotic to his own country then he becomes an evil guy ?
It's not going to end well.
I know this distinction will seem trivial, but it gets at the heart of why you see it this way. A US president can't actually declare war. The US has not declared war since WWII and declaring war requires an act of Congress. In 1973, the War Powers Act was entered into law. This stated that a president cannot commit troops to military action longer than 60 days (plus a 30 day withdrawal period) without authorization from Congress either in an Authorization of Use of Military Force (AUMF) or an official declaration of war. This was all done to prevent another Vietnam and to regain some Congressional authority in our military as they are the branch that is supposed to be declaring war.
The AUMF passed in 2001 against terrorism is what is being used currently to justify military actions all over the globe, really. Congress essentially gave Bush, Obama, and now Trump a blank check to start wars in the name of "fighting terrorism." This would be one of the main reasons that it was decided to name the IRGC as a terrorist organization.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
