[Grut]

Bush is a 'pubby and therefore spineless. What we all mistook for resolve post 9/11 was just a 'pubby going with the flow.

[My2Cents]

Upon whom should we declare war? What nation? What identifiable group of people (not some shadowy network)? Should Congress declare war "on evil"? And if war were declared on a definable nation or organization, when would we be able to know when the war was successful?

[KarlInOhio]

You left out Korea and Vietnam. Vietnam I can understand (but not like) how the DoW wasn't made because our involvement was gradual. The only excuses for Korea were 1. S. Korea was attacked, not the U.S., 2. It was a UN operation, not a U.S. operation.

I don't know enough of the history of the early part of the Korean War to know if a DoW against N. Korea and later China were considered and why they weren't made.

[tomakaze]

bump

[Tallguy]

The US hasn't declared war since it signed the United Nations Charter -OR- The US hasn't declared war since the development of the A-Bomb.

Take your pick...

[BlackbirdSST]

Skipping the '50's, '60,s, '70's, and '80,s, gives the impression that this is a recent occurance. That's not the case. Blackbird.