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[–] 159 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Wow. Didn't see that coming. Not at all. 

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  • [–] 106 points 8 months ago (6 children)

    Retitle this to say the chairman of the bored of peace started WWIII

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  • [–] 19 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    WWIII has been going on for a while, its just not really affecting north America or western Europe yet but Israel/Gaza/Iran, Yemen, Syria, Ukraine/Russia, and all the conflicts in Africa are 100% connected. Not an official definition or anything, but I'd say if a war affects 3 out of 6 inhabited continents it counts as a world war.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    i’d say open sea predation by rivalling armadas on the other’s shipping supply lines and generally more a focus on interrupting the global infrastructure of the opponent would be a characteristic sign of a world war. now this is also contentious, when does an interruption count? only when it’s done through violence?

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  • [–] 153 points 8 months ago (13 children)

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

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  • [–] 17 points 8 months ago (9 children)

    US government protects pedophiles. Their soldiers have no option than to comply.

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  • [–] 21 points 8 months ago (7 children)

    Yes, they do. American soldiers MUST disobey illegal orders.

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  • [–] 9 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    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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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    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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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Has Congress declared war? I thought that was the legal avenue for actions such as these.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 44 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    That Board of Peace is working really well.

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