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[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

There's a reason why after WWII the Department of War was renamed Department of Defense.

We weren't at war. We're not currently at war, either. Chester's gotta ask Congress to rubber-stamp a war first.

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

That’s some very antiquated and naive logic. NONE of these conflicts involved a formal declaration of war:

Korean War

Vietnam War

Persian Gulf

Afghanistan

Iraq War

So you’re going to tell me we weren’t at war for any of those? Bullshit. There’s been plenty of work for a Department of War in the US since WW2.