01-03-2020, 05:47 PM
(01-03-2020, 05:23 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: 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.
Well, "officially" not at war
China 1945-46
Korea 1950-53
China 1950-53
Guatemala 1954
Indonesia 1958
Cuba 1959-60
Guatemala 1960
Belgian Congo 1964
Guatemala 1964
Dominican Republic 1965-66
Peru 1965
Laos 1964-73
Vietnam 1961-73
Cambodia 1969-70
Guatemala 1967-69
Lebanon 1982-84
Grenada 1983-84
Libya 1986
El Salvador 1981-92
Nicaragua 1981-90
Iran 1987-88
Libya 1989
Panama 1989-90
Iraq 1991
Kuwait 1991
Somalia 1992-94
Bosnia 1995
Iran 1998
Sudan 1998
Afghanistan 1998
Yugoslavia – Serbia 1999
Afghanistan 2001
Libya 2011That's many countries.
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