• goatEnglish
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    1 month ago

    The President doesn’t control the military

    • Pelicanen@sopuli.xyz
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      1 month 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.

      • goatEnglish
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        1 month ago

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

        Only with unilateral approval from Congress.

        • Pelicanen@sopuli.xyz
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          1 month ago

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

          • goatEnglish
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            1 month ago

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