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I didn't know the US is killing people in Yemen. When did you declare war against Yemen?

Generally it is not necessary to declare war against a country to conduct military operations in that country when those operations are done with the permission of and in cooperation with the government of that country.

The intended US targets in Yemen are generally people that the government of Yemen also wants to get rid of.

There's currently a civil/proxy war going on, therefore depending on where you are, the "government of Yemen" will be a different group. The US and Saudi Arabia supports one of those two side, Iran supports the other.

The rationale for not getting congressional approval for operations in Yemen is because it's part of the "war on terror".

We didn't. The last time we declared war was World War II.

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