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powerapple 7 hours ago

You think the not-Trump president would do something different? Not an American, but I have assumed the outcome would be the same.

UmGuys 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Yes. Trump shredded the deal we had in place an decided on his own to strike without congress. No one else would have done this.

palmfacehn 4 hours ago | parent [-]

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-preside...

>...decided on his own to strike without congress.

The US defense establishment has been looking to attack Iran for decades. "Decided on his own", seems inaccurate in this regard. The outrage over unauthorized uses of military force is largely performative partisan outrage. Although I would personally regard it as unconstitutional, it is the established norm for US Presidents to order airstrikes. There are very few politicians who have been consistent in their opposition to this.

UmGuys 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Sure. Make a technical analysis of a casual comment. Of course he has support from others. At the very least defense contractors who profit from this. My comment was from his perspective. He only cares to get richer.

There's always been an authorization for military force even if it's a blanket one and they claim they're fighting ISIS, at least there has been deniability. Here there's no authorization, it's unconstitutional. I don't care about partisan politics. Most politicians are scummy.