Did America declare war on Iraq?
98924
The last time war was declared by the US was December 8, 1941 against Germany and Japan.  All of the rest of the actions that have been carried out since then have been undeclared.
247478
We fought in Afghanistan to capture Osama and friends. That was a justifiable reaction to 9-11.\nThe Iraq war was not then and is not now justifiable.\n\nI should add that the UN resolution did not authorize the U.S. to invade Iraq. Note this from a most conservative analyst, David Pyne, writing in "The American Partisan" before the war: \n"On Nov. 8, under heavy pressure from the United States, the UN Security Council passed a new resolution against Iraq mandating that it disarm itself of any remaining WMD capabilities or face 'serious consequences.' However, many of the nations that agreed to the new resolution were quick to point out that the resolution did not give the US authority to attack Iraq. The US has stated in response that it would use the resolution as authority to invade Iraq if it became evident that Iraq had failed to comply with the will of the United Nations. Iraq has since accepted the new UN resolution and agreed to allow inspectors to resume their inspections without conditions."\n\nSurely people can do better than this to justify the war! Inspections were being allowed, and inspectors publicly stated they found no WMDs, but of course we scoffed at their conclusions and unilaterally interpreted "serious consequences" as giving us the right to invade.
1122147
president bush was legally elected by the american people on a pro-war ticket. if you want to blame someone, blame america.
931867
Didn't you know?  We won the war on May 1, 2003.  That's when the Pentagon declared the end of "major combat operations".\n\nApparantly, no one told the Iraqi people...
901769
The entire "purpose" of the Iraq "war" -- actually invasion -- was to  make a lying, borderline moron draft dodger appear to be a "War President" for the 2004 election cycle. Iraq was a thriving nation for 6,000 years, known as the Jewel of the Middle East, had nothing to do with 9/11 and was no threat whatsoever to us, facts which even Bush now admits. Today, $350 billion and hundreds of thousands of American and Iraqi casualties later, a once great nation, Iraq, lies in ruins and the United States has lost its standing as leader of the free world. So to answer your questions, no. And of course, no.
64328
Yes, yes, and yes.  \n\nRoosevelt was reelected during the war.\n\nThere HAS to be an election every 4 years, it's in the Constitution.  There is no provision for delaying an election because of war.\n\nI don't think we have been at war.  I think what happened in Iraq was considered "military operations."
108486
No. Iraq posed no military threat to the US.  They had nothing  to do with 9/11, but did happen to be sitting on the second largest oil reserves in the world.  This was a military adventure, a colonial war of choice - and one we are not going to win.
23786
hello frnds.i fully agree that the iraqi war was all due 2 the oil rights.it had nothin 2 do with any nuclear weapons or weapons of mass destruction said 2 be possesed by iraq.it was just a rumour created by the greedy US politicians 2 justify their cause of attackin iraq and in the process gainin control over the iraqi oil wells.as such it has been 2 yrs since iraq has been under the control of the US.no weapons of mass destruction has been found uptil date.so it goes on 2 show the farce the US played.
999971
There's a fundamental weakness in your question that most of those answering don't get or see.  It's that this isn't a Congressionally sanctioned war...Congress never Declared War on Iraq therefore the governance of Gitmo is purely for the Bush, of the Bush, and by the Bush regardless of how the Supremes rule.  I for one applaud the ruling but without that Congressional Declaration of War its a moot point.\n\nSo far as three branches of government go, we've got em...know that Congress didn't directly sanction Bush's actions by Declaring War officially.  And the Supremes ruled against him despite not having official jurisdiction for the same reason.
302734
Quite likely.The congress has already passed a resolution.\nThe closest thing you will ever see to a declaration of war from now on.
738160
The USA has officially declared war 11 times:\n\n- United Kingdom, 1812\n- Mexico, 1846\n- Spain, 1898\n- Germany, 1917\n- Austria-Hungary, 1917\n- Japan, 1941\n- Germany, 1941\n- Italy, 1941\n- Bulgaria, 1942\n- Hungary, 1942\n- Romania, 1942\n\nBesides the official declarations of war, there were 13 instances of Congress authorizing the use of military force without a formal declaration, and a number of instances (the Korean War and the Civil War, for example) that involved neither a formal declaration nor explicit authorization of military force.  See the link below for more info.
866402
Yes it was just. Saddam Hussein illegally invaded another country with the intent of stealing their oil and land.\nThe world united against him for this unjust act he committed.\n\n    This is in no way relevant to todays war.
623309
No president has ever declared war, as they do not have the authority to declare war. That is Congress' job. However, there has never been a declaration of war since WWII. Korea was a UN deal. Johnson asked for, and got an extremely generous power from Congress in the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. He was given complete authority to conduct any military action he felt necessary to 'retaliate' for a supposed attack on American ships, including the power to determine when action was no longer necessary. Interestingly, he used that power to conduct a little war in Vietnam in which many more American troops were killed than anything we have seen recently.\nPresidents since then have asked for, and generally received, similar powers. Yes, Clinton had more troops deployed in more areas. Before jumping all over Bush, you might look at how many Democrat senators and representatives readily signed on to the last resolution authorizing the president to conduct whatever measures he felt necessary to conduct military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq.
1055735
Whe the Iraqi government takes over Iraq.  We pulled out of Somalia prematurely, and conditions got worse than they were before we went in.  We pulled out of Vietnam prematurely, and conditions got worse than they were when we went in.  There is no time limit for war.
155919
War can only be declared on a recognized country.  Since Al-Qaeda is not a country, we have not done that.  We did declare war on Afghanistan when the Taliban were there and supporting Al-Qaeda.  We won and Taliban has been pushed out of power in Afghanistan.
770889
iraq\nand bush draftdodged a war kerry fought!!!!!
344006
You are example of American. Yeah, be a pimp and nuke Iraq because 9/11 which happened AFTER first Gulf War.