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Trump administration has still not settled on reasons for going to war with Iran (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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Folks, CALM DOWN, this is still in the workshopping phase ok? First we bomb them, then we workshop WHY we bombed them, do you not understand the plan!?

Democrats, predictably, were apoplectic. “There was no imminent threat to the United States of America by the Iranians,” said Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate intelligence committee, who had received classified briefings from Rubio. “There was a threat to Israel. If we equate a threat to Israel as the equivalent of an imminent threat to the United States, then we are in uncharted territory.”

Meanwhile somewhere below decks on the Titanic 11:45 PM (ship's time) on April 14, 1912

Well, if we were to equate the threat of icebergs to an imminent threat to our ship, then we would be in uncharted territory! - a well dressed crew member with an officer's hat calmly explains to a passenger.

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[–] Bakkoda@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

Unsanctioned military operation. Not war. Illegal command from a compromised POTUS doing the work of his master.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 2 points 8 hours ago

That just seems like semantics. It seems pretty fair to call country A bombing the shit out of country B and killing its leader an act of war.

I think a lot of my fellow Americans find it easy to not think of as a "war" because they see no risk of Iran attacking the continental US. They'll just send their thoughts and prayers to whoever deployed over there catches the bullets.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

It's unfortunately not illegal, but he only has 60 days.

[–] Bakkoda@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Ugh. Got ya.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 1 points 8 hours ago

Here's the wiki page about the War Powers Resolution of you'd like to learn more.

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

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

In my opinion what defines a war at the heart of it is that a war is a series of events that do no entangle themselves in abstracted arguments about definitions but rather form together, organically or artificially, into a violent reality abstracted from meaning.