@kenklippenstein
?Biden says in his oval office address, “I’m the first president this century to report to the American people that the United States is not at war anywhere in the world.” (The Pentagon announced airstrikes in Yemen earlier today.)
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Source: https://x.com/kenklippenstein/status/1816283937292845195
It’s arguing semantics to the layperson, but as former military war has a very precise definition. It’s in this way Biden is technically correct. I don’t agree, and seeing how much everyone in the military has a murder-boner is one reason I got out. The other reason is that I disliked almost everyone I interacted with.
Wasn’t the last war WW2 and we haven’t declared war since then? They have all been militarily operations or something like that. If so it been a while and he’s not technically correct.
Thanks for explaining the semantics!
TIL even WIkipedia lists our current wars.
List of wars involving the United States[1]
The United States has been involved in 108 military conflicts. These include major conflicts like the American Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican–American War, the American Civil War, the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II and the Gulf War. It also includes US involvement in widespread periods of conflict like the Indian Wars, the Cold War (including the Korean War and the Vietnam War), and the War on Terror (including the Iraq War, the War in Afghanistan, and others).
Four military engagements encompassing three wars, all of which are interventions, currently involve the US: the Yemeni Civil War, the Somali Civil War, and the Syrian Civil War.
21st-century wars (2024):
- US intervention in Yemen (2002–present)[2]
- Second US Intervention in the Somali Civil War (2007–present)[3]
- US military intervention in Niger (2013–2024)[4]
- US intervention in the Syrian civil war (2014–present)[5]
- Operation Prosperity Guardian (2023–present)[6]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_the_United_States#21st-century_wars ↩︎
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_military_intervention_in_Somalia_(2007–present) ↩︎
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_military_intervention_in_Niger ↩︎
[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_intervention_in_the_Syrian_civil_war ↩︎
[6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Prosperity_Guardian ↩︎
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