• MoreAmphibians [none/use name]
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    1 year ago

    The US hasn't declared a war since WW2, they've still gone to war. Neither the US nor Libya declared war on each other but it still counts as a war when the US bombs the absolute shit out of a country.

      • mar_k [he/him]
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        edit-2
        1 year ago

        Libya was military intervention not war.

        not-hillary

      • immuredanchorite [he/him, any]
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        1 year ago

        checkmate! it can’t be called a war if we simply lob misiles at a country and arm every lunatic we find, completely destroying it in the process smuglord

        • Bernie2028@midwest.social
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          1 year ago

          Well yeah, you OBJECTIVELY can't call what happened in Libya a "war". It was bad and unnecessary, but by definition, not a war... You did not have US troops fighting Libyan troops.

          • brain_in_a_box [he/him]
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            1 year ago

            So because the US troops were using weapons the Libyan troops couldn't effectively fight back against, it doesn't count as a war?

            "It wasn't a battle, it was a just a massacre, so it's OK"

            • Bernie2028@midwest.social
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              1 year ago

              You're fighting with the air. I very clearly said Libya wasn't ok.

              You're right, massacres aren't battles and we shouldn't call them that. Of course that doesn't make it any better but why call it a battle if it's not?

      • FALGSConaut [comrade/them]
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        1 year ago

        Of course, I forgot when you call it something other than war then it's not a war! That's why we have the Korean Police Action, the Vietnam Police Action, the Police Actions in Panama and Grenada, Desert Police Action 1 & 2 in Iraq, and the Global Police Action on Terror! None of those were wars, right?