Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/01/03/house-intel-chair-adam-schiff.html
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Oh yes. This isn’t over just because Donnie had a temper tantrum and doesn’t know the meaning of proportional response. And not just military and State Department staff. Likely something here through proxies.
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Well I hope they limit the retaliation to those who voted for this moron.
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Seems like the longest war in the US history will continue for at least another decade - at least. Few trillion dollars, 100s of thousands dead/wounded/displaced, immeasurable destruction. And for what? So Donald Trump can win re-election? Of all the bad things, this one is by far the worst he’s done.
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That’s a big claim.
I ain’t saying you’re wrong! Just that it’s a spectacularly crowded field.
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Is this part of some broader coherent plan?
Not in this timeline, mate.
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How about those who voted for senators who voted to increase this moron’s military budget? Or people who voted for politicians who voted for the Iraq war? There’s plenty of blame to go around here, and this kind of jingoism is nothing new.
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Arguably, the US has been, in one way or another, at war with one bit or another of the world since the later part of 1941.
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So far, this seems like a pretty successful attempt to get people to stop talking about the impeachment.
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Also, when has that ever been how it worked? Even in this strike, was the only person killed the primary target, or was there plenty of collateral damage? Nah. They aren’t going to be checking voting records when they hit back. Afterward “we” will no doubt strike back, no matter what they do or who they kill, and then we are off to the races.
I’m now leaning far more heavily to imprisonment rather than simply impeachment. But again, that wasn’t going to happen with Mitch in office. Or is it orifice? His tongue is just SO FAR up there that his head needs to soon follow or be left behind. So to speak.
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The Intelligencer article is particularly cynical.
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how cute!
a image of a clickable link. And not one of those trivial links either. It’s got a 44 character pseudorandom parameter, so you know this URL means business!
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Sorry about that:
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Nothing whatever is preventing Rep. Schiff, and the rest of the Democrats in the House, from repealing the AUMF
and then sending it over to the Senate, where only a couple of GOP senators (I think Rand Paul would be a sure vote) would give it a majority. Even if McConnell managed to kill it a clear message would be sent that Congress wants its power to declare war back, where it belongs.
So DO IT, Democrats. If you just piss and moan, I’ll know you are not serious.
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That’s obviously the ID of the google sheet that contains the timeline data.
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Yep. In my experience Republicans are fine with the President starting wars on his own no matter who the President is, and Democrats are fine with the President starting wars on his own as long as the President is a Democrat. So the only way to end this is when you have a Republican President and a Democratic Congress.
This time might be different as I think that even a few Republicans have had it with the forever war.
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