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I'd say that many of the people upset now didn't like that either but it at least had the pretense of bothering with a declaration of war.
by emodendroket 11mo ago
I'd say that many of the people upset now didn't like that either but it at least had the pretense of bothering with a declaration of war.
- hippo22 11mo agoWhen did we declare war on Pakistan, Libya, Syria, Yemen, and Somalia? Frankly speaking, bombing a wedding is way worse than bombing a drug boat.
- dialup_sounds 11mo agoHow many historical examples of civilians being misidentified as combatants does it take before we question whether these strikes have all been drug boats?
- bdangubic 11mo agoIt was War on Terror, no? As a direct response to murder of thousands of citizens… (not condoning it though, America loves to murder people though I’ve heard a lot in October during election campaign that this time will be different…)
- hippo22 11mo agoIf you use War on Terror as justification, then why not use War on Drugs? How many citizens have died due to illegal drugs? How many lives have been ruined?
- bdangubic 11mo agoexcept there is no war on drugs - quite the contrary - https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/02/trump-juan-orlando-hernandez-pardon-honduras-drugs/87564181007/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/02/trum... and if you were serious about war on drugs you’d start in America, not Venezuela
- emodendroket 11mo agoI would say it is pretty hard to take that seriously as a justification when they’re also letting Juan Orlando Hernandez go.
- ralph84 11mo agoThe US has not had a congressional declaration of war since WWII.
- emodendroket 11mo agoOK, AUMF. Sorry for the imprecision.