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Originally posted by dhamsaic
There may have been no formal declaration, but make no mistake about it, this is war. It might not be on the scale of World War II, but it is war nonetheless.
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Based upon the dictionary definition, we are indeed involved in a war. You're right on that, dham.
However, for whatever reason, the United States is not considered "at war" until it is declared by Congress. In that case, we have not been at war since September 1945. Dubya, Congress, the administration, etc. can say that we are at war all they want. Are they right? Yes and no. By definition, yes...factually, no.
And Griff, the insurance companies have gotten smarter (or more sinister...half-full or half-empty). For example, when I worked for Signal, one of the exclusions was "hostile or warlike action."