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Talk:American History Homework Twelve Answers - Student Nine (view source)
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::::OK, I'm not an American and know nothing about your legal procedures so can you put me straight on who makes a formal declaration of war in America? (Here in the UK it's a rather sensitive matter after the Iraq invasion.) I thought that in America a formal declaration of war had to come from the President with the consent of Congress and that all Johnson did was get a motion passed (after the Gulf of Tonkin incident) which stopped short of a declaration of war? If that was so then America wasn't technically at war with Viet Nam. [[User:BetsyNewson|BetsyNewson]] 11:31, 15 December 2008 (EST)
::::OK, I'm not an American and know nothing about your legal procedures so can you put me straight on who makes a formal declaration of war in America? (Here in the UK it's a rather sensitive matter after the Iraq invasion.) I thought that in America a formal declaration of war had to come from the President with the consent of Congress and that all Johnson did was get a motion passed (after the Gulf of Tonkin incident) which stopped short of a declaration of war? If that was so then America wasn't technically at war with Viet Nam. [[User:BetsyNewson|BetsyNewson]] 11:31, 15 December 2008 (EST)
:::::BetsyNewson, I suppose on those grounds you'll argue that the Falklands War wasn't a war, and the first and second Gulf wars not wars, just 'actions'. Such literal-mindedness is a common [[Liberal]] tactic. If it walks like a [[duck]], etc... [[User:Bugler|Bugler]] 11:34, 15 December 2008 (EST)