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Re:Study of “moral grandstanding” helps explain why social m... by maxlamb on Thursday November 21, 2019 @02:28PM (#21598384)
To be fair, Obama didn't start a new war.
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Re:Study of “moral grandstanding” helps explain why social m... by djohnston on Thursday November 21, 2019 @02:37PM (#21598509)
he did normalize CIA drone attacks, which required no declarations, no trials, no reporting, until he made reporting mandatory in 2016 (heh)
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Re:Study of “moral grandstanding” helps explain why social m... by xeeeeeeeeeeenu on Thursday November 21, 2019 @04:45PM (#21600029)
What about Libya? While France was the one that started it, he was responsible for the US joining it.
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Re:Study of “moral grandstanding” helps explain why social m... by ben509 on Thursday November 21, 2019 @02:47PM (#21598663)
Only Congress can start a war, so Obama technically merely extended an existing war.
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Re:Study of “moral grandstanding” helps explain why social m... by astine on Thursday November 21, 2019 @04:54PM (#21600124)
Only Congress can declare war. Just about anybody with authority in the military can start one. Regardless, Congress has effectively abnegated its authority to the president through the war powers resolution.
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Re:Study of “moral grandstanding” helps explain why social m... by chapium on Thursday November 21, 2019 @03:10PM (#21598957)
This technicality really shouldn't be brought up. War is war and several presidents have taken military action without a formal declaration of war in congress.
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Re:Study of “moral grandstanding” helps explain why social m... by Mikeb85 on Friday November 22, 2019 @02:26AM (#21603569)
No, just helped overthrow governments in the middle east that led to the rise of the Islamic State that started a few wars...
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