The U.S. is deploying 3 guided-missile destroyers to waters off Venezuela as part of President Trump's effort to combat threats from Latin American cartels.
  • Mirshe@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    “Police action”, because even with the current climate, it might be hard to get Congress to declare an actual war.

    • Madison420@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 days ago

      If he doesn’t it isn’t worth the effort, we’ve had elections during actual wars we wouldn’t skip them for police actions.

      • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        1 day ago

        If anything it’s just a mask, like the ones his Gestapo goons are wearing as they practice on immigrants for what they’ll be doing to anyone who tries to vote against Dollar-Store Hitler

      • Mirshe@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 days ago

        Ahh, but we’ve never really had such top-to-bottom corruption like this. A president who thinks himself a king, and everyone from congresspeople to governors to state secretaries to city officials who want him to stay that way. Sure, Bush might not have suspended elections, or Obama, but I can definitely see Trump trying.

        • Madison420@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 days ago

          It’s possible but that’s an uphill battle considering we had elections after Pearl and during Vietnam and Korea.

          • phutatorius@lemmy.zipEnglish
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            23 hours ago

            Korea and Vietnam were nothing compared to WW2.

            But Trump will lie, just like he’s lied about the “crime wave” in DC. As long as his imbecile followers believe it, it’s a good enough lie. And they’ll believe just about any old bullshit.

            • Madison420@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              23 hours ago

              I used them because they were police actions not declared wars which was what we were talking about.