Re:A Citizen Is Suing the US for Putting Him on the 'Kill List'
by jacquesm on Thursday July 19, 2018 @10:42AM
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> So the American Civil War wasn't a war, since the south wasn't another country?
No, it was a Civil War. As you already wrote.
> The Chinese civil war wasn't a war?
No.
> The Iruqois Wars weren't wars?
You are really reaching now.
It seems to me that you are trying very hard to hold on to the idea that there is such a thing as a 'war on terrorism' but the whole thing is nonsense, just as much as the 'war on drugs' or any other mis-use of the term.
> But, hey, I could be wrong.
Yes you are.
> It wouldn't be the first time Congress has passed a resolution that ended up being found unconstitutional and it won't be the last.
It's not the constitution of the United States that matters here but international law.
So the American Civil War wasn't a war, since the south wasn't another country? The Chinese civil war wasn't a war? The Iruqois Wars weren't wars? The Seljuk-Crusader War wasn't a real war? The War of the Sicilian Vespers wasn't a real war? The War of the Succession of Champange wasn't a real war?
It seems like there's about 4,000+ years of natural language clearly establishing that a war is NOT just about fights between two nation states.
But, hey, I could be wrong. It wouldn't be the first time Congress has passed a resolution that ended up being found unconstitutional and it won't be the last.