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by sjsdaiuasgdia 364 days ago
The last formal declaration of war by the US was during World War 2.

We got very good at gray area nonsense. The Korean War is not a war, it's a conflict. The Vietnam War is not a war, it's an engagement. We have police actions, "peacekeeping" operations, and a hundred other things...but not "wars".

We have the "global war on terror" and the accompanying Authorization for the Use of Military Force, created in the wake of 9/11 and still in effect today.

Congressional approval of military action is fundamentally dead.