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Originally posted by Backov
It isn't a time of war.
This is a "police action" a "peacekeeping enforcement" or a "strike" - it is NOT a war.
Why? Because then congress gets oversight. And they have to declare it. That little bit of the constitution was used as toilet paper during Vietnam. The last country the US went to war with they are STILL at war with - North Korea. There has been no wars since then.
So not knowing military code, I am uncertain whether they will be allowed to use "wartime" punishments - since they are not technically at war.
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The congress did not declare war against North Korea, but did grant the President the power to use our military, just as they did in Vietnam, and just as they did for the current conflict.