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Senators > Generals. The Senate has a lot of power and is insulated from the electorate in such a way as an issue like this is not a threat to them. For whatev

Senators > Generals. The Senate has a lot of power and is insulated from the electorate in such a way as an issue like this is not a threat to them. For whatever reason, the leaders who control what makes it to the Senate floor did not send it there. They own that - it’s their call.

bluGill 4y ago
Not when there is a war - generals can and likely will shoot senators. US generals are patriotic enough to not kill US senators, but foreign generals that the US might be fighting in the future will target senators.
- pc86 4y ago
  This is a comment out of a fantasy world.
  - bluGill 4y ago
    That is how WWI started. It wasn't a US politician, politicians are targeted at times.
- DonHopkins 4y ago
  A reality check history reminder: a certain US President sent a mob of raving mad racist violent lunatics to storm the US Capitol and assassinate the US Vice President and US Senators, in a failed attempt to overturn the results of the election that he lost. Remember the gallows that Trump's mob built and chanted "Hang Mike Pence"? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/16/us/politics/jan-6-gallows.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/16/us/politics/jan-6-gallows... And how Trump reacted approvingly? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/25/us/politics/trump-pence-jan-6.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/25/us/politics/trump-pence-j... The same US President who eased the restrictions on land mines. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-war-landmines-idUSKBN1ZU2GA https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-war-landmines-idUSKBN...
- Spooky23 4y ago
  This isn’t Guatemala. LARPing maga types may have fantasies about this, but don’t have the ability to execute and follow through.
  - bluGill 4y ago
    Unless some god has told you the world will end tommorow, you have no idea what the future will bring. Over the next 1000 years things will change and we have no clue what (again, except of course if the world ends). 3 presidents have already been shot (that I remember). while the secret service is getting better, it wouldn't be hard for someone who wanted to get the next one. Senators are even easier.
pc86 4y ago
It's not their call. A President has to sign a treaty for it to go to the Senate, and no US President has ever signed the land mine ban treaty.

bluGill 4y ago

Not when there is a war - generals can and likely will shoot senators. US generals are patriotic enough to not kill US senators, but foreign generals that the US might be fighting in the future will target senators.

pc86 4y ago
This is a comment out of a fantasy world.
- bluGill 4y ago
  That is how WWI started. It wasn't a US politician, politicians are targeted at times.
DonHopkins 4y ago
A reality check history reminder: a certain US President sent a mob of raving mad racist violent lunatics to storm the US Capitol and assassinate the US Vice President and US Senators, in a failed attempt to overturn the results of the election that he lost. Remember the gallows that Trump's mob built and chanted "Hang Mike Pence"? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/16/us/politics/jan-6-gallows.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/16/us/politics/jan-6-gallows... And how Trump reacted approvingly? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/25/us/politics/trump-pence-jan-6.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/25/us/politics/trump-pence-j... The same US President who eased the restrictions on land mines. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-war-landmines-idUSKBN1ZU2GA https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-war-landmines-idUSKBN...
Spooky23 4y ago
This isn’t Guatemala. LARPing maga types may have fantasies about this, but don’t have the ability to execute and follow through.
- bluGill 4y ago
  Unless some god has told you the world will end tommorow, you have no idea what the future will bring. Over the next 1000 years things will change and we have no clue what (again, except of course if the world ends). 3 presidents have already been shot (that I remember). while the secret service is getting better, it wouldn't be hard for someone who wanted to get the next one. Senators are even easier.

pc86 4y ago

It's not their call. A President has to sign a treaty for it to go to the Senate, and no US President has ever signed the land mine ban treaty.