• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Then it’s not a good joke since the U.S. president is the commander-in-chief of the U.S. Armed Forces, meaning that a U.S. president could absolutely commit genocide. And has done so many times with indigenous Americans.

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      8 months ago

      Only with clearance from Congress though. I actually did not realize that Israel’s president did not serve as cic.

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          8 months ago

          I see, so essentially they would state that it was in defense of the United States because it is was onshore and is there’s nothing Congress could do about it.

          That’s actually really horrifying if someone like trump takes the presidency given his current threats…