“Iran not at war with us?”
Nope, it’s not. It’s a process written in the Constitution, has not happened. Nor are we at war with Syria or Hamas, hell, we’re not even fighting them. Nor are we at war with Russia, and we’re not going to be.
I use the literal definition of war, you may assign it any definition you wish. One, I assume that reinforces you’re fantasy of a state of war between the US and Russia.
But you are right our positions are a million miles away. Whatever has led you to your shrill bellicosity...boredom at work? psychotic delusion? or simple love of the ‘Old Country’ I don’t know or care to know. But in the end you will see that Russia v Georgia does not have anything to do with the US. Just watch.
You are wrong. Congress has been given the power to declare war it is true. But one can be at war without or prior to such a declaration recognizing that a state of war exists.
Check out Roosevelt's speech on December 8, 1941.
I believe that I interpret the will of the Congress and of the people when I assert that we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost but will make it very certain that this form of treachery shall never again endanger us.
Hostilities exist. There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory and our interests are in grave danger.
With confidence in our armed forces, with the unbounding determination of our people, we will gain the inevitable triumph. So help us God.
I ask that the Congress declare that since the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941, a state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese Empire.
Thus the state of war existed *before* Congress made its declaration.