alt Hacker News> … The Congress shall have Power . . . To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;
Can’t say I’ve seen this?
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throwaway7356 • today at 7:58 AM
> as if an actual state of war exists
"as if"
senorrib • today at 2:56 AM
So, because congress didn't declare it, the war doesn't exist? Lmao
The phrase was first recorded as used in the London press in the late 1700s. It’s well understood across the English-speaking world. The fact that you might not have heard it before (or are being deliberately obtuse about the pretty obvious meaning) doesn’t change that.