• wuffah@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    So, did they get that AUMF? Or does this just count as a new 60 day “military action”?

    Seems to me it’s just the same illegal and unconstitutional WAR, launched with a giant executive middle finger to congress and the American people, complimented by a kafkaesque claim that it’s for our benefit while the president’s administration profits off of it through unregulated online betting markets. They can’t even be bothered to come up with weasel-words to sell it as a defensive action - they know everyone has just accepted that it’s an undeclared war.

    I cannot overstate how bad it is for Trump to be able to wage wars by default because Republicans can’t get it together to take our country back from the executive branch. Just wait until he gets bold enough to target a NATO country - maybe Greenland? Who in America would be able to stop him?

    This braying pompous incompetent ass is going to get us all killed. He must be politically defeated before it’s too late and the acceptable casualties of war become the American people.

    • Doomsider@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      The answer is it doesn’t matter anymore.

      As far as Greenland, I am not convinced he would go through with it. What I see is him building justification for what other nations are doing. Kind of like telling people you would have punched a guy as well in order to make light of an assault their friend committed.

      I think your ultimate breaking point of Americans killed seems a little ridiculous in the face of people all around the world constantly dying because of US actions.