Pure meecrob. Congress is required to declare war with a 2/3 vote and give a "declaration of war". When one has to spend hours stringing together opinions on this and that to explain why the resolution was the same as declaring war, when Congress should have just declared war, it is a prime example of mental yoga. Hell, they could dealre war right now, thus ending any and every legal dispute over the detention of persons helping the enemy.
There are several reasons why war wasnt declared. Among them are include the relationship of decalred war and the nullification of insurance policies. The second is that they typicallu need to name a country, and didn't want to name Saudi Arabia and Iraq. Thirdly, the gooberment needed an undending war to forward their orwellian plans.
They passed the Joint Resolution 99-1. The actual State of War was declared by our enemies on September 11th, 2001. You do remember the attacks, don't you? I'd say they were a pretty good indication that a State of War existed.
Glad you clarified that. LOL