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		HaZeust 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The missteps that led to a fatal plane crash at Re... >"We just haven't declared war." Then we're not at war. Hope this clears things up for you!

calfuris 10 months ago [–]

By this standard, the US has not been at war since WWII. This is an absurd result, so I conclude that the standard is wrong. Official declarations of war have become decoupled from actually being at war.

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