I think Congress never voted on any of them and so they were never defined by the US as being at war. They were all military operations from the instruction of the president.
From the point of view of the people the bombs are falling on - agreed.
…but it’s important that Congress has effectively been removed from the decision making process for 60 years now. Presidents have been acting unilaterally for a long time, which makes it hard to criticise trump when he does the same.
I think Congress never voted on any of them and so they were never defined by the US as being at war. They were all military operations from the instruction of the president.
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From the point of view of the people the bombs are falling on - agreed.
…but it’s important that Congress has effectively been removed from the decision making process for 60 years now. Presidents have been acting unilaterally for a long time, which makes it hard to criticise trump when he does the same.