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2007-04-25 08:46:25 · 10 answers · asked by Gypsy Gal 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
no........congress declares war and it never happened.
2007-04-25 08:49:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
Only Congress can declare war. The last time this happened was December 8, 1941, the day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The President, as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, can mobilize troops without having war declared. This happened in Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf "war" (under George H W Bush - our current President's father), Kosovo (Clinton), Afghanistan and Iraq II (under George W Bush - our current President).
2007-04-25 11:55:16 · answer #2 · answered by Richard H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
On March 20, 2003 we declared war on Iraq, I was there. Three weeks later Bush declared the war was over and we won, about the same time I reached Baghdad. Now it is just a mess. I'm not sure what it is classified as now, possibly a police action like they classed Vietnam as. But yes war was declared on Iraq
2007-04-25 08:58:51 · answer #3 · answered by Don 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the first iraq war was never declared over.
im not sure how that effects this war (oops sorry i meant to say occupation)
i only found this out when appling for my military benefits. if i had been in the pursain gulf the would have recieved war time benefits because the war never officialy ended. ( this was prior to 9-11 that i got out)
2007-04-25 09:03:44 · answer #4 · answered by longshoreman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
You don't have to be a Legal Expert to answer this. You just need a brain.
It's called OIE or Operation Iraqi Freedom. Wars are called Wars.... usually. But still, this hasn't been declared a war.
2007-04-25 08:52:21 · answer #5 · answered by Mopp 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
there have been a mix of factors. a million. the u . s . a .'s open borders allowed foreigners back into our u . s . a . and bypass to college - we enable terrorists into our u . s . a . and knowledgeable them the thank you to fly planes. 2. Terrorists attacked us on 911 and we did not end it by way of fact our national intelligence agencies did not comprehend it replaced into coming. 3. extra undesirable intelligence after 911. 4. a bad determination to bypass to war in step with undesirable intelligence - and an unrealistic assessment of who the Iraqi individuals are. We would in no way know who replaced into responsible for the undesirable concepts that led as much as this war yet interior the top, we shouldn't forget 911... and, the reality that u.s. has genuine enemies. extra now than formerly the war. "United we stand, divided we fall..."
2016-11-27 20:13:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here's a very interesting article on that subject, calling for a "formal declaration of war" because how can we "formally end" what has not "formally begun" ???
Very curious, very good reading.
2007-04-25 08:53:54 · answer #7 · answered by Paul McDonald 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
no which is the reason the soldiers do not get full benefits and also Vietnam was not called a war either , its was called a police action , why you ask ? so we didn't have to give the soldiers benefits
2007-04-25 08:55:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO, but the war is over, I think it lasted about 3 weeks. we are in the cleanup stage now. Like what happened in Japan and Germany
2007-04-25 08:51:55 · answer #9 · answered by belize91 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
No.
2007-04-25 08:49:58 · answer #10 · answered by thegubmint 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋