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The argument is that they are an enemy. No other argument is necessary. Not free speech, not reciprocity, not that they're an oppressive government. If in 1939
by AlbertCory 3y ago
The argument is that they are an enemy. No other argument is necessary. Not free speech, not reciprocity, not that they're an oppressive government.
If in 1939 Hitler had tried to buy the CBS radio network, FDR would have stopped him, or the Congress. If it had required a Constitutional amendment, that would have passed easily.
Yet we were not at war with Germany (yet).
- harkinian 3y agoWe aren't at war with China either.
- jiggawatts 3y agoYeah well, that's just a matter of time in the exact same way that Russia's invasion of Ukraine was predicted over a decade ahead, often by US senators. E.g.: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/05/we-knew-putin-would-attack-ukraine-back-in-2011-says-bill-clinton https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/05/we-knew-putin-... https://www.mccaininstitute.org/resources/in-the-news/icymi-arizona-republic-sen-john-mccain-revered-in-ukraine-sounded-alarms-about-russia-for-years/ https://www.mccaininstitute.org/resources/in-the-news/icymi-... Etc...
- harkinian 3y agoI'll bet that for every country in the world, a senator has predicted a war against them. And we still aren't at war with Russia, but you could call them an enemy for sure.