[gnull]

The reasons for doing something and public justification, aka casus belli, are different things. Casus belli makes it cheaper to execute, but reasons are what actually drives them.

The clowns and the reasons that drive them are the same for Middle East and Venezuela. Does it make it any better that they happened to have a casus belli that you or I may sympathesize with, given that the reasons not in line with our values? Even a broken clock is right once a day.

[IG_Semmelweiss]

The difference between casus belly and a state of war is: Casus Belli is a 1-time event, whereas State of War means ongoing action that is bellicose in nature.

So i chose my words wrong.

I'd argue that a state of war already existed, well before the events in the gulf. It just didn't involve formal military movements.