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Declaration of War (NON-POLITICAL)
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2016 12:57 pm
by silverscreenselect
Donald Trump commented the other day that if he gets elected he intends to ask Congress for a declaration of war against global terrorism. That got me to thinking. I know that many countries declared war against others in World War II, and the US has never formerly declared war since then. I'm wondering if anyone knows the answer to this. Has any country formally declared war against any other country since World War II? If so, who and when?
Re: Declaration of War (NON-POLITICAL)
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2016 1:16 pm
by Bob Juch
silverscreenselect wrote:Donald Trump commented the other day that if he gets elected he intends to ask Congress for a declaration of war against global terrorism. That got me to thinking. I know that many countries declared war against others in World War II, and the US has never formally declared war since then. I'm wondering if anyone knows the answer to this. Has any country formally declared war against any other country since World War II? If so, who and when?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declarati ... since_1945
Re: Declaration of War (NON-POLITICAL)
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2016 1:25 pm
by jarnon
Iraq declared war on Iran on Sept. 22, 1980.
In many other cases, one side won't admit that the other side is a real country. In 1948, five Arab nations declared war on "occupied Palestine."
Re: Declaration of War (NON-POLITICAL)
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2016 3:42 pm
by BackInTex
LBJ declared war on poverty.
Reagan declared war on drugs.
Both have been resounding failures. Probably because both poverty and drugs refused to wear uniforms and abide by the Geneva Convention. I'm sure Trump's war on global terrorism will see a similar success.
Re: Declaration of War (NON-POLITICAL)
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2016 7:38 pm
by littlebeast13
I'm hoping TBone issues a declaration of War in one of his upcoming Boneys countdown posts....
lb13
Re: Declaration of War (NON-POLITICAL)
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2016 7:21 am
by earendel
BackInTex wrote:LBJ declared war on poverty.
Reagan declared war on drugs.
Both have been resounding failures. Probably because both poverty and drugs refused to wear uniforms and abide by the Geneva Convention. I'm sure Trump's war on global terrorism will see a similar success.
Rec!
Re: Declaration of War (NON-POLITICAL)
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2016 9:51 am
by T_Bone0806
littlebeast13 wrote:I'm hoping TBone issues a declaration of War in one of his upcoming Boneys countdown posts....
lb13
Sorry, I'm a "make love, not war" kinda guy..although I do like some of War's songs, nothing made the cut.
And neither did the Edwin Starr song, for that matter..it is on my iPod, though.