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Old 02-24-2008, 10:24 AM   #1
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And now we need a law dictionary to determine the meaning of the word "war".
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Old 02-24-2008, 10:36 AM   #2
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Old 02-24-2008, 11:49 AM   #3
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And now we need a law dictionary to determine the meaning of the word "war".
War is any government directed use of military personnel to take up arms against people of another nation, especially when it means sending them into another nation. Any time an American soldier is orders to carry a gun into another country or to kill someone, it's war.
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