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“We’re not at war with Iran,” Vance said. “We’re at war with Iran’s nuclear program.” Maybe it's a legal loophole where the President can unilaterally wage war
by cypherpunks01 1y ago
“We’re not at war with Iran,” Vance said. “We’re at war with Iran’s nuclear program.”
Maybe it's a legal loophole where the President can unilaterally wage war on specific concepts, people, and physical locations, as long as they keep saying it's not a war against a foreign nation.
- lawn 1y agoSimilar to the asset forfeiture laws: we're not accusing you of a crime, we're accusing the thing for a crime (thus we can take it from you).
- platevoltage 1y agoImagine if the Japanese said "It's not a war with the USA, its a war with a military installation in the Pacific thats uncomfortably close to us"
- cosmicgadget 1y agoThat's just messaging. The president is completely allowed to conduct operations such as these.