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"War department" is the older name, not "Defense department". Also, is it really a defense department when you're starting wars of aggression every 15 years or
by jcbrand 3mo ago
"War department" is the older name, not "Defense department".
Also, is it really a defense department when you're starting wars of aggression every 15 years or so?
- derektank 3mo agoThe War Department has not existed since the passage of the National Security Act of 1947 and the government department has been known as the Department of Defense under US law since the act was amended in 1949. If you have an issue with it, take it up with Congress.
- scosman 3mo agoThey actively use the name https://www.war.gov https://www.war.gov
- toraway 3mo agoChanging a domain name doesn't actually amend federal law. Just like how changing Kennedy Center letterhead to Trump Kennedy Center for a year didn't actually legally rename it. Once a case with sufficient standing got in front of a judge it reverted to the actual legal name on the basis that only Congress can change the statutorily defined name.
- lovich 3mo agoYea, but by law the name change must come from Congress which it hasn’t. So it’s still The Department of Defense legally. For an admin so obsessed with legal names instead of chosen ones, you’d think they’d be less hypocritical.
- breezybottom 3mo agoCongress doesn't manage departmental websites.
- whateveracct 3mo agoillegally, yeah