• Flying Squid
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    53 months ago

    Then it’s not a good joke since the U.S. president is the commander-in-chief of the U.S. Armed Forces, meaning that a U.S. president could absolutely commit genocide. And has done so many times with indigenous Americans.

    • @OpenStars
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      23 months ago

      The last one also caused a huge number of “excess deaths” as well…

    • @lutillian@sh.itjust.works
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      3 months ago

      Only with clearance from Congress though. I actually did not realize that Israel’s president did not serve as cic.

      • Flying Squid
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        33 months ago

        Only with clearance from Congress though.

        Absolutely not true. Only for prolonged conflicts… which congress will almost definitely approve of by the time that happens because the military will already be too embedded.

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Powers_Resolution

        And even the limits on the War Powers Resolution have only been in place since 1973.

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          43 months ago

          I see, so essentially they would state that it was in defense of the United States because it is was onshore and is there’s nothing Congress could do about it.

          That’s actually really horrifying if someone like trump takes the presidency given his current threats…