Reply #8: And wasn't there something in Congress

[madamesilverspurs]

about that time, something that played with semantics in order to avoid naming it "war" (hence 'police action'), because if there's no declared war then it isn't treason if you sell materiel to the enemy. Weren't there some members of congress who escaped serious legal consequences because their business interests could have otherwise been compromised? Hmmm, I'll have to do some digging at the library on that...