• goat
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    14 days ago

    The President doesn’t control the military

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      13 days ago

      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.

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        12 days ago

        First: The commander-in-chief doesn’t control the military?

        Only with unilateral approval from Congress.

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          12 days ago

          Both houses of which are under Republican control. So you’re only going to argue details instead of actually responding to the content?

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            12 days ago

            But they don’t control all of Congress. They will still need democrat support, no?