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Originally posted by goat
Is there a reason that the United States has not formally declared a war against terrorism?
If we had made a declaration of war after September 11th. Would public support still be in decline?
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!1. To answer a question with a question: How does one declare war against "terrorism"? Where is the capital? Who is the head of state? Which country do they represent The declared wars cited were against nations: France, Spain, Mexico, Germany and Japan.
2. I'm not a lawyer but since the questioner asked the question he is using some precise, legalistic definition od "War". We are de facto at war. It is said over and over that "this is war".
3. I don't see how the resolve of the american citizenry could have been much stronger than it was on 9/12. The problem is the staying power. The difference is media. If you can gain access to movies, cartoons and written media of the forties you will see that the enemy was always portrayed as ignorant, barbarian monsters and only stories of heroism appeared about our forces.
How things have changed!!.