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		emkoemko on Sept 15, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ex-NSA cyberspies reveal how they helped hack foes... pretty sure USA has been in like 20+ wars since WW2,what do you mean? since WW2 they have destroyed countless countries.. how is doing war not war?

Y_Y on Sept 16, 2021 [–]

Because Article One of the constitution requires congress to approve declarations of war, and they haven't done that. Whatever has happened in the meantime, it has been hasn't been considered a "war" in the US legal framework.

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