At 11:30 AM 9/16/01 -0700 Matt Grimaldi wrote:
>"John D. Giorgis" wrote:
>>
>> At 12:53 AM 9/15/01 +0200 J. van Baardwijk wrote:
>> >>The last time that the United States went to war was 1941.
>> >
>> >Three words that contradict that statement: Korea. Vietnam. Iraq.
>>
>> The reference was to "declared wars." The US has not taken the step of
>> formally declaring war on a country since WWII.
>
>Wasn't the Gulf War a declared war? I seem to remember Congress
>declaring war...
It was not. Congress simply passed an authorization for the use of force,
similar to what was passed on Saturday.
The US has declared war only five times:
-On the UK in the War of 1812
-On Mexico
-On Spain
-On Germany and Austria-Hungary in WWI (Note: declarations were made
separately, 8 months apart)
-On Japan and its allies in WWII (war was declared on Germany and Italy
three days after Japan, war on Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania six months
later)
A definitive list of US military action through 1993 can be found here:
http://www.history.navy.mil/wars/foabroad.htm
JDG
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