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Post by mikey on Feb 25, 2021 19:26:02 GMT -5
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Post by robeiae on Feb 26, 2021 7:46:40 GMT -5
It is a fascinating thing, imo, how the anti-war Left has been replaced by the isolationist-Right. Looking back on the Trump years, there's some irony here, given how many people were initially so angsty over a Trump Presidency, since they were certain that he'd involve us in a war or at least carry out a bunch of pointless airstrikes because he couldn't control his temper. Many were seriously worried about Trump launching nukes. And here we are, less than two months into Biden's Presidency and Biden has already launched airstrikes in retaliation for a rocket attack (the same kind of attacks Israel gets all the damn time, but then gets slammed by the world for retaliating). It feels very much like a "see, I can be a tough guy" thing. The rocket attack apparently injured five Americans and was carried out by the "Guardians of Blood Brigade," whoever the hell that is. My spidey senses tell me that someone in Iran convinced this group to act, in order to test the Admin's response. Personally, I'm okay with the retaliatory strike, as long as there's consistency in the future. We'll see.
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Post by robeiae on Feb 26, 2021 8:00:17 GMT -5
Lol, this aged really poorly:
ETA: OMG, this response...
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Post by robeiae on Feb 26, 2021 9:08:27 GMT -5
Oh, you silly neocon never-Trumpers: But to be fair, Trump is no better: www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/04/president-trumps-syria-strike-was-unconstitutional-and-unwise/522228/There's so excuse-making going on with Biden, that this strike was okay since it wasn't against the official Syrian military, which must lead to a nonsensical conclusion: strikes against civilian targets in a foreign state don't require congressional approval, but strikes against military targets do. LOL. ETA: Look, here's French playing that game: So of the admin says a given military action was just against some militants or other bad people, it doesn't need congressional approval. Good to know...
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Post by mikey on Feb 26, 2021 9:25:34 GMT -5
If true, MAGA people ought to be worried about now.
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