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		PopePompus 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: U.S. bombs Iranian nuclear sites Congress has been happily shedding its powers for decades. They don't want to be held responsible if a war turns out badly, so they haven't declared a war since 1945, I believe.

mulmen 5 months ago | [–]

WWII ended in 1945. The last time the US officially declared war was June 4, 1942. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_war_by_the_Unit...

_kst_ 5 months ago | [–]

The last US declaration of war was in 1942, against Hungary, Bulgaria, and Romania (allies of Nazi Germany).

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