• brachiosaurus@mander.xyz
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    3 days ago

    For any US soldier reading this thread: you are attacking another country to cover up for your pedophile president.

    • Monument@lemmy.sdf.org
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      3 days ago

      Yup. Apparently the Clintons testified in front of Congress yesterday regarding the Epstein files. That’s not high on the list headlines today.

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          3 days ago

          This is not clearly illegal. Disobeying these orders would get you a court martial, and they will say it was legal.

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          As the other comment says, these aren’t illegal orders. Wrong? Obviously. I don’t think there’s anything that could possibly make this illegal though. The only potential argument is that only congress can declare war, but that’s been pretty much fucked since the end of WWII. It’s illegal for them to tell you to target civilians. It’s legal for them to tell you to invade some foreign nation, for any reason.

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              2 days ago

              Congress hasn’t declared war in a very long time. The president was supposed to have limited power to conduct military operations, but that power has been expanded over the past century to essentially remove the need for congress to declare war.

              Again, not saying this is good. I’m just saying it’s probably legal.

              • Sculptor9157@sh.itjust.works
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                1 day ago

                Yeah, I understand, but I hold on to the notion that if there were representatives with a backbone, these orders would be challenged, with impeachments and other actions rightfully taken.