Omnibus Russia Ukraine crisis

Tecumsehsbones

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Is "preemptive strike" the new term for declaring war? That is what it will amount to if Russia drops any bombs on a NATO country.
No, it's a preemptive strike, i.e., a strike intended to sharply reduce the adversary's capability, and hopefully it's will, to make war.

A declaration of war is a statement by the government of a country, according to its laws, that it is at war. In the U.S., it takes the form of a Joint Resolution of Congress.