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HungryJerboa @lemmy.ca Privilege for you to type that. For others, like Ukrainians, the consequences are much worse.
13 1 Replygoat @sh.itjust.works How? Why?
1 0 ReplyPelicanen @sopuli.xyz The country with the biggest military of the world, who they have received a lot of support from, just elected a president that supports the dictatorship committing crimes against humanity in their country. Do you not see how that is problematic?
1 0 Replygoat @sh.itjust.works The President doesn't control the military
1 0 ReplyPelicanen @sopuli.xyz First: The commander-in-chief doesn't control the military?
Second: Even if he didn't, how would that matter for Ukraine? Removing both their support and the sanctions on Russia would still hurt them a lot.
1 0 Replygoat @sh.itjust.works First: The commander-in-chief doesn’t control the military?
Only with unilateral approval from Congress.
1 0 ReplyPelicanen @sopuli.xyz Both houses of which are under Republican control. So you're only going to argue details instead of actually responding to the content?
1 0 Replygoat @sh.itjust.works But they don't control all of Congress. They will still need democrat support, no?
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