"U.S. Senate: Official Declarations of War by Congress" https://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/history/h_multi_sections_and_teasers/WarDeclarationsbyCongress.htm#:~:text=The%20Constitution%20grants%20Congress%20the,war%20during%20World%20War%20II.

Wouldn’t a world without war be a far better place? Wishful unrealistic thinking over here, but it’s a shame that it is unrealistic

So the Iraq war falls into the same category as the Vietnam war.

For sure, if everyone believed in the same principles I'd fully agree. @Beth

@MatiLuc. "Use of Military Force" not a Declaration of War.

"speak softly and carry a big stick" well sometimes you have to use the stick

An Therein lies the problem 🤷🏼‍♀️

That's not a true statement. Fewer people have gotten Covid then normally get the flu but more people have died. Covid-19 is about 10 times more deadly than the flu.

@William Dinan as the years pass loophole and new wordings can bypass alot of the balance and checks imposed in the past

"CDC estimates that the burden of illness during the 2018–2019 season included an estimated 35.5 million people getting sick with influenza, 16.5 million people going to a health care provider for their illness, 490,600 hospitalizations, and 34,200 deaths from influenza (Table 1)."

The last few wars were almost entirely unconstitutional, and most agree with this.

For the very reason I described.

Thanks Nixon.

@Maw for how many more years u think the government will stop using the constitution. And make its own laws and regulations

@Jorgen Johnson what if the stick is being used under false pretenses, or has been sold to the populist on outright lies? There seems to be no recourse for the population.

That same CDC estimates that Covid-19 infection fatality rate is at least 10 times as great as the seasonal flu

Covid can kill u in a week or days

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

@MatiLuc Who knows?

You can just look at that last number 35,000 deaths versus 250,000 plus deathsand ask yourself when was the last time the flu killed as many people on a per capita basis? The answer is just over a hundred years ago.

@Jorgen Johnson the militia must be regulated by an individual state otherwise it is considered an illegal force.

@busillis, you just advanced to level 3!

Hence the National Guard

Well Regulated!

Some state laws contain language where it is illegal to teach tactics or any manufacturer of war devices.

I love hearing people saying i dont want the gov. To track me monitor Me. And they own a cellphone...

For mercenary purposes.

Many people have to own a cellphone for working.

@MatiLuc I embrace tracking.

Not really...but

I don't think I've ever heard anyone say they embrace the PATRIOT act.

@Maw nothing to hide nothing to fear

Until there is

It has done some good . The Patriot Act

It has also systemically corrupted our system in my opinion.

@MatiLuc it's help me to not fly unless it is a must.

can you expound on that

Systemic corruption is definitely the problem

In regards to any law, you have to assume evil people are empowered to enforce it.

One time i saw that NYPD uses face tracking tech. To find criminals. It takes days to find them without the tech. With It takes them hours..live and death scenarios

The government may not prosecute you with illegally-obtained evidence. Sadly many people don't know this.