• lumettaria@sopuli.xyz
    213·
    2 个月前

    Isn’t war something that needs to go through congress? On top of that, isn’t this an international joint operation between two nations that DEFINITELY would need to go through congress? Doesn’t matter? Okay.

    • Absurdly Stupid @lemmy.worldEnglish
      72·
      2 个月前

      Constitutionally, war should go through congress.

      But we haven’t followed the constitution in a very long time, obviously… decades

      that’s what makes someone like Trump possible, and here we are.

      • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
        17·
        2 个月前

        we haven’t followed the constitution in a very long time

        But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain - that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case it is unfit to exist.

        ~ Lysander Spooner, No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority

    • ryathal@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      2 个月前

      Congress gave the president the power to wage an unlimited amount of war so long as troops are removed by the 90 day mark. Even then if troops are gone before the court rules, it doesn’t matter either, as was ruled under Clinton.