[Eternal_Bear]

In 1815, the Seventh Coalition declared war against Napoleon Bonaparte but not against France itself. Napoleon was considered an usurper and the Coalition still recognized Louis XVIII as the legitimate ruler of France. There is a precedent for declaring wars against individuals and non-national entities under international law.

[RightWhale]

There is a precedent for declaring wars against individuals and non-national entities under international law.

That is interesting. I am just thinking that the founding fathers were totally into using specific words with specific meanings, something that we are not so careful about. So when they said "nation" I am wondering what exactly they meant. We confuse country and nation and state so thoroughly that they might as well mean exactly the same thing. The same for republic and democracy, practically interchangeable now.