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Trump announces that the USA has bombed Iranian nuclear sites. (lemmy.ml)
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[–] [email protected] 144 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Congress?? Hello?

[–] [email protected] 77 points 4 days ago (3 children)

They're too busy changing their pants after their wishes finally came true

[–] [email protected] 37 points 4 days ago

“So we still get paid and we don’t have to do anything? That’s amazing! Haha, but why do I have to face the wall for this part?”

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Nah, they're all on the phone with their stockbrokers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You laugh but several members of Congress bought stocks in defense contractors shortly before this military operation

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

I wasn't joking.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's weird to laugh in a time like this. Thank you, I guess.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Sometimes laughing is all we can do in times like this

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

In 2001 when The US authorized use of force on Al-Qaeda that, along with The 1973 war powers resolution gave the president (as in the position of president, not just Bush) unlimited ability to bomb anyone loosely associated with Al-Qaeda in perpetuity.

It's what allowed Bush, then Obama, then Trump, and then Biden, and now Trump again, to use the military as they see fit for performing military operations against basically any state and group in the middle east.