"No, actually it is NOT a war. Articles of war have not been declared. Your misuse of the language does not create a separate reality for anyone other than yourself."
I'm not the one who is having problems with reality:
"Korea, Vietnam, Grenada, Lebanon, Panama, Somalia, Kosovo,
Afghanistan -- the list of American military interventions
launched without an act of Congress grows long."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A30967-2002May4¬Found=true
"The last time Congress declared war was on December 11, 1941, against Germany in response to its formal declaration of war against the
United States. This was accomplished with wording that took less
than one-third of a page, without any nitpicking arguments over
precise language, yet it was a clear declaration of who the enemy
was and what had to be done. And in three-and-a-half years, this was
accomplished. A similar resolve came from the declaration of war
against Japan three days earlier."
http://www.antiwar.com/paul/paul49.html
"Congress has not formally declared war since World War II, even though the intervening years have witnessed substantial U.S. military involvement overseas.
This is not to say, however, that Congress has played no part in the decisions to commit troops. The Tonkin Gulf Resolution authorized military action in Vietnam.
Similarly, Congress authorized the use of force against Iraq in 1991. And in September 2001, Congress authorized President Bush "to use all necessary and appropriate force against those nations, organizations, or persons he determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, or harbored such organizations or persons . . . ."
You said, "your misuse of the language does not create a separate reality for anyone other than yourself". Because I'm saying that the US has actually engaged in war in the time period following WWII?
Perhaps, you should reconsider your position.
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