But we ARE at war with n.korea if one gets technical about it.
The 1950-53 Korean War ended in an ‘armistice’, with neither side able to claim outright victory..... Decades on, the truce is still all that technically prevents North Korea and the US - along with its ally South Korea - resuming the war, as ‘no peace treaty has ever been signed’.....
While I have also used the “We are still technically at war with NK” comment, I think legally, one could also argue that 60+ years of no true military combat/engagement could be redefined at a state of detente, not war.
Certainly the doves in the UN and in Congress would argue that.
It’s a big grey area, IMO.
I don’t think it makes much difference. A naval blockade is an act of war.
I don’t disagree with it. I just like calling a spade a spade.
I do not believe the US ever declared war on North Korea. The old UN police action thing. That may make the legalities a little dicey. But I understand everyone’s thought process on a naval blockade.