Talk:Undeclared war

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I removed "More recent undeclared wars would the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 and the 2003 Iraq War.": the US formally declared war on these two countries before invading.

Uh...proof? I'm pretty sure I would remember seeing that on the news, seeing how we haven't declared war since World War II. The "War on terror" doesn't count, since Congress (the only branch of the government that can declare war) never issued a formal declaration of war.--Kross^Talk 09:52, 31 January 2006 (UTC)Reply

Alright, I checked Declaration of war by the United States and it does not list either Afghanistan or Iraq as declared wars. Instead, it lists them as "Military engagements authorized by Congress". This means there were no formal, official declarations of war. The description under that heading reads as follows:

"Many times, the United States has engaged in extended military engagements that, while not formally declared wars, were explicitly authorized by Congress, short of a formal declaration of war."

I rest my case.--Kross^Talk 09:58, 31 January 2006 (UTC)Reply

In Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, Justice O'Connor writing for the majority declared: " In light of these principles, it is of no moment that the AUMF does not use specific language of detention. Because detention to prevent a combatant’s return to the battlefield is a fundamental incident of waging war, in permitting the use of “necessary and appropriate force,” Congress has clearly and unmistakably authorized detention in the narrow circumstances considered here.

By recognizing detention as a fundamental incident of waging war O'Connor implicitly gives the AUMF the legitimacy of a declaration of war.--RWR8189 21:56, 16 May 2006 (UTC)Reply

Whatever may be implied, there still is no formal declaration of war! The fact Congress and the COurts accept a clearly unconstitutional situation is not equal to a legal declaration.Nomen Nescio^{Gnothi seauton} 10:52, 4 June 2007 (UTC)Reply

The US has not fought a properly declared war since WWII. Anyone suggesting otherwise is woefully misinformed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.241.198.109 (talk) 16:41, 26 January 2008 (UTC)Reply

I took the liberty to add a sentence on Israel's repeated incursions into Palestinian-held territory. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.224.198.102 (talk) 13:23, 19 July 2015 (UTC)Reply