• AmeijinG@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    An actual proactive decision? Instead of relying on nebulous gentleman’s agreements? How novel.

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      11 months ago

      And yet the president could still refuse to answer an article 5 declaration and leave in all but name.

      Until impeachment is actually on the table there’s no law restricting the presidency that has any teeth

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        11 months ago

        Call me a conspiracy theorist but if there’s an article 5 declaration and any President decides to stand in the way of the MIC from cranking on full profit mode, they’d get Kennedy’d.

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          For reasons having nothing to do with my personal safety I must disagree with you. The Defense Industrytm is the most moral industry in America!