Quote Originally Posted by jmm99 View Post
This one is simply not correct - cuz of inclusion of "within":

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Certainly, because one cannot wage war within/against one's own country. How odd does this sound? "Today the President of the United States requested that the Senate ratify his declaration of war against his own country."

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Yup, I've been lightly skimming the bloody Austrian (he-he).
Hoisted by my own petard.
Would it help if I specified that the member of the family (of resemblences) that those involved in certain language games map to when they use the word "war" to which I was referring when I used the word "war" is war as "defined" by the requirements for engaging in it found in the US Constitution?
(And that's a mouthful)