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So we’re bombing muslims in the Middle East again.
- Thread starter Duffy LaCoronilla
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Kind of like how sending predator drones to slaughter people in Pakistan during Obama's administration wasn't war.
Tell that to the families of the dead Pakis.
Agreed. If you've been paying attention you'd see that I've been very open here on the erBB about my distaste for Obama's use of the drone program. His use of drones and the targeted assassination of an American Citizen (Al Awlaki) in particular are the biggest flaws in an otherwise solid Presidency. Now maybe you can tell us the things you didn't like about Lord Trump? Or would that be blasphemy?
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That didn’t take long...
U.S. Airstrikes in Syria Target Iran-Backed Militias That Rocketed American Troops in Iraq (Published 2021)
President Biden ordered retaliatory strikes against the militias whose attacks in Erbil this month killed one civilian contractor and wounded a U.S. service member.www.nytimes.com
6 years ago we were talking about this sort of stuff and now we're back to talking about it.
Anyway, looks like more of the same low(er) level tit for tat stuff that serves the purpose of letting the various sides know how far things can go before pushback occurs (while stoking the embers). You know, business as usual.
man i loved the misfits..wish the lead singer from future islands would start a tribute band.
Trump quietly rewrote the rules of drone warfare, which means the US can now kill civilians in secret
Rights groups criticized the end of the Obama-era requirement, which mandated reporting of civilian deaths from US drone strikes outside war zones.
www.businessinsider.com
You always turn to a stupid straw man argument, arising from your insufferable bias. I am opposed to assassination of foreign nationals in countries with whom we are not at war. Period. It doesn't matter who the President is. The CIA and other government agencies in the 1960's caught huge flack for the attempted assassination of Castro, and for the successful assassinations of Diem in Vietnam and Trujillo in the Dominican Republic. As a result of the backlash, such assassinations were taken off the table by our government.
Somehow, they are now the norm. Where do we get the right to murder people in other countries with whom we are not at war, without any sort of due process? Probably the only time I have been okay with it was Bin Laden, because of the threat he posed, but otherwise, I think it is complete bullshit.
The War Powers Resolution gives Uncle Joe 48 hours to report to Congress after the escalation of hostilities to a military action. Then, he has 60 days before he would have to cease military action if Congress fails to approve it. So, the President is following the law.
Everyone that says we can't afford to fund things like education, healthcare and infrastructure. Sad.
Federal government isn’t properly equipped for things like education and healthcare, and not really all that great at infrastructure either.
No private company, state or local government can provide for our national defense however.
The issue with military spending stems from our habit of being the world police. Why are we in Japan, germany, the Middle East, Africa, etc?
Proponents of government healthcare like to point to countries that have it but those countries have tiny military budgets because they rely on the US for their defense.
And there’s this too....
The first plane should probably have a Confederate flag on the tail and some sort of Evangelical quote about the sanctity of life given the strength of MAGA in the party these days, but that's some funny sh!t.