Why haven we officially declared war on Iraq and Afganistan?
Your teacher is wrong. Congress did authorize the President to use military force, first in Afghanistan following 9-11, and two years later in Iraq. Not only that, but Congress authorized the first President Bush to use military force to throw Iraqi forces out of Kuwait in 1991, during Operation Desert Storm, aka the First Persian Gulf War. That makes three times that Congress has officially declared war since the end of World War II. Korea and Vietnam were undeclared wars, but they were WARS just the same! I hate it when they are referred to as “conflicts” or “police actions.” “If it walks like a duck . . .
The commander in chief is the president. In the cases of the two senseless wars, which have bankrupt our nation, Iraq and Afghanistan, it was the Cheney puppet Bush, who send our troops 10,000 miles aimlessly to deserts to die, for no rational reason. Congress has only declared war five times, but the USA has started 308 conflicts since 1780, 192 of them since WW2. Iraq and Afghanistan have not been declared war by congress. You teacher is 100% right. The USA is controlled by the Pentagon and the massive military industry and its CEO’s, even Obama can’t change that. Cheney and his wife had been Directors on the Boards of military Industries like Lockheed and Haliburton and have been able to cash in 100’s of Millions of Dollars.
