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DaveXA said

Interestingly enough, if i recall correctly, they did that because of the agreement they had with other Axis countries where the US formally declared war on Japan after Pearl Harbor, and Germany/Italy essentially had to declare war on the US in response.

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Which means that all other wars; Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan/Iraq, have no source of funding since the US cannot issue war bonds or raise taxes unless war is declared. As a result, our legislators robbed Peter (us) to pay Paul (The military industrial complex)