> ...the operational and economic condition in which a nation, military force, or organization mobilizes its resources, industries, and policies as if an actual state of war exists...
> … The Congress shall have Power . . . To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;
Can’t say I’ve seen this?
So, because congress didn't declare it, the war doesn't exist? Lmao
A “war” between who and who? For what ends?
> as if an actual state of war exists
"as if"
The phrase was first recorded as used in the London press in the late 1700s. It’s well understood across the English-speaking world. The fact that you might not have heard it before (or are being deliberately obtuse about the pretty obvious meaning) doesn’t change that.