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Kind of gives a new meaning to 'I come in peace'. Don't mind the Howitzer I got in my backpack. Got to love U.N. for thinking up these things. You don't need DoW, when you are KtP.
That's true... that was the last time war was officially declared. The US Congress did pass a resolution on January 12, 1991 supporting the use of force against Iraq if the president deemed it necessary, but they did not technically call it a 'declaration of war'. Since there was a UN resolution that gave Iraq until January 15th to withdraw from Iraq, it would have been a major diplomatic faux pas to declare an official state of war three days before the deadline... besides, there was still some hope a last-minute agreement could be reached.