If we’re going to war over anything it should be authorized by Congress and not just a disinterested president carrying out extrajudicial drone strikes with absolutely no legal authority in US or international law.

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mc32 3 days ago | parent [-]

Oh, wait, did I miss it? Did we declare war in the ME all these last twenty years without me knowing?

If we’re going to do shit like this at least let it be something we get direct benefits from and not some sheiks and others in the ME or Caucasus.

	▲	mikeyouse 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Perhaps you did miss the AUMF, but it was pretty prominent. While Obviously falling short of a declaration of war, it provided a legal basis to be held against. Regardless, we’d finally stopped basically all drone activity in Afghanistan and the ME before the current warmongering admin showed back up with unrestrained drones, bluster about Jihadists in Africa, drone strikes in the Caribbean, F35s over Mexico and B2s flying around the world to drop bombs in Iran. This is the Department of War you know. Ignoring that all the existing ‘wars’ are still ongoing and pretending like this is some more narrow focus is just silly. https://archive.is/3ZNCO