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Old 02-01-2017, 06:49 PM  
baddog
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Originally Posted by Elli View Post
If you count threatening Mexico's president with war, then add that to the checklist...

Trump lambastes Pena Nieto in 'humiliating,' 'threatening' phone call - Business Insider Deutschland

"In an interview with the Mexican news outlet Aristegui Noticias, Estevez, who cited sources on both sides of the call, said, "It was a very offensive conversation where Trump humiliated Peņa Nieto."

"I don't need the Mexicans. I don't need Mexico," Trump reportedly told the Mexican president. "We are going to build the wall and you all are going to pay for it, like it or not."

Trump "even suggested to [Peņa Nieto] that if they are incapable of combatting [narco trafficking] he may have to send troops to assume this task," she said."

Last time I checked, sending troops into a country uninvited was an act of war.

Crimes of War ? Act of War
"Until 1945, an act of war in the traditional, historical sense was understood to mean any act by a State that would effectively terminate the normal international law of peacetime and activate the international law of war. The decision was invariably that of the target State and was generally preceded by a statement warning that certain acts would be considered acts of war and would trigger hostilities. "

"In 1945, the United Nations Charter banned the first use of force...."

Ok, I stand corrected. It would be an "act of international terrorism" according to the law books. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2331

(1) the term ?international terrorism? means activities that?
(A) involve violent acts or acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State, or that would be a criminal violation if committed within the jurisdiction of the United States or of any State;
(B) appear to be intended?
(i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population;
(ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or
(iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping; and
(C) occur primarily outside the territorial jurisdiction of the United States, or transcend national boundaries in terms of the means by which they are accomplished, the persons they appear intended to intimidate or coerce, or the locale in which their perpetrators operate or seek asylum;
The US has had troops all over South America; some of it has even been to fight drug trafficking.

There are a lot of wars out there that are not declared.
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