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    Secretary Rubio orders diplomats to return to using Times New Roman, ousting Biden's 'wasteful' 'Woke' Calibri

    Rubio serious multitasking, Natl Security Advisor. Sec of State. Graphic Designer.
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    Dear Pete Hegseth, I’m Grateful the Japanese Navy Spared My Grandfather’s Life

    A war on organized drug crime will be over just like that? Thats some born-yesterday stuff right there.
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    Dear Pete Hegseth, I’m Grateful the Japanese Navy Spared My Grandfather’s Life

    If the If the US was actually attacked or under immanent threat, Congress would do it in a day. Its these elective wars (the ones Trump fans were so dead set against until Trump changed his tune) that would and should take more scrutiny. None of it is an excuse to bypass the Constitution tho.
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    Dear Pete Hegseth, I’m Grateful the Japanese Navy Spared My Grandfather’s Life

    Yes and that weak "authorization" is still better than nothing. Likewise, the President better get a specific authorization if we're going to do war on South American criminal organizations. Roiling it in to GWOT where the pres declares who the enemy du jour is at his sole discretion is the...
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    Dear Pete Hegseth, I’m Grateful the Japanese Navy Spared My Grandfather’s Life

    Yeah we just do war. We dont declare it. My sense is that anything that would be considered an act of war against us should need congressional authorization if we do it to others - even if a "declaration of war" wouldnt be the specific instrument to use. For example, there was an...
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    Dear Pete Hegseth, I’m Grateful the Japanese Navy Spared My Grandfather’s Life

    Well, his question was about after WW2. Not for WW2. Since then congress for sure has ceded war declaring authority to the exec branch, contrary to what the constitution requires. I dont see how that excuses the president tho. He still swore an oath to uphold the constitution.
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    Now does everyone understand why the "right to refuse illegal orders" video was made?

    The law exists regardless of whether the current president is in violation.
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    Now does everyone understand why the "right to refuse illegal orders" video was made?

    Pete Hegseth himself saw the need to warn the military about the possibility of illegal orders. He did not trust the CiC to keep it legal. See post #282. This is a justified reminder. Not an accusation.
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    Dear Pete Hegseth, I’m Grateful the Japanese Navy Spared My Grandfather’s Life

    Pathetic. They were already rendered harmless floating around a wrecked boat with dead bodies around them.
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    Dear Pete Hegseth, I’m Grateful the Japanese Navy Spared My Grandfather’s Life

    That is just a transparent fabrication and nothing more than presidential usurpation of congress's prerogative to declare war. But they dont stop there. They circle back to take out the shipwrecked. This really doesnt look good. I can why the pres is now wavering on releasing the video.
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    Dear Pete Hegseth, I’m Grateful the Japanese Navy Spared My Grandfather’s Life

    The question here tho is not the morality of drug traffickers. Its the morality of those who shoot criminal suspects when they arent putting up resistance. And then shoot them again when shipwrecked. Man, the deflection in this thread!
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    Dear Pete Hegseth, I’m Grateful the Japanese Navy Spared My Grandfather’s Life

    You are completely failing to address the scenario I described above. Instead youre invoking prejudices citizen onlookers may have. But prejudices various other people may have are completely irrelevant to how I should understand the morality of the scenario I described. Lets stick with...
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    Dear Pete Hegseth, I’m Grateful the Japanese Navy Spared My Grandfather’s Life

    I dont think thats the scenario most people are talking about. The one I understand is: Killing of criminal suspects who werent putting up any resistance. And then going on to kill more when they are shipwrecked. I dont see a defense for this thats compatible with traditional Christian...