[Sidewalker] I mean, squashing the Houthis like a bug can hardly be called a World War.
Screw proportional response, I vote for disproportional response, the message needs to be, "If you attack us, you will be sorry".
Airstrikes are a great deterrent.
I'm old enough to remember the post 9/11 scene. The deep state finds it very easy to get people to feel this way. Then Bush was their man. Then Obama, now Biden.
The best lies are half-truths. The half here are many:
Russia shouldn't be bombing people except at the utmost end of need: True
Hamas shouldn't be raping and beheading people: True
Houthis shouldn't be pirating ships: True
Iran, they're up to no good: True
CCP was a wretched communist monster now decaying into a loathsome digital-fascist state: True
The problem isn't that we're being lied to about the existence of enemies. The problem is that the people in charge of the military industrial complex want there to be enemies and create/provoke enemies when they're running low.
They lower the stick and withdraw the carrot to keep it all on a nice simmer that requires a constant expenditure and crisis-excuse for domestic policy.
I've noticed a lot of people saying "well a president can act immediately", when does "immediately" end? Do you think Congress will be asked? I don't think so. If you ask you might get an answer you don't like. It's much safer to just act and then the worst case scenario is the supreme court saying "don't do it again or else we'll tell you not to do it again"
Now of course there could be something to look forward too. If presidential immunity isn't a thing I say we hang all our presidents for murder for all their assassinations without declarations of war. Biden and Obama are definitely on the list.
