danc4498@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTrump ‘Determined’ the U.S. Is Now in a War With Drug Cartels, Congress Is Toldwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1172arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1168arrow-down1external-linkTrump ‘Determined’ the U.S. Is Now in a War With Drug Cartels, Congress Is Toldwww.nytimes.comdanc4498@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square30fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareVoroxpete@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·2 months agoThat used to be true. Then the early 2000s happened and Congress effectively signed away that authority.
minus-squareBakerBagel@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoThe US jas deployed a lot of troops for avtive combat across the world on the past 80 years despite Congress not declaring a single war since Pearl Harbor. This sort of naked power grab was inevitable.
That used to be true. Then the early 2000s happened and Congress effectively signed away that authority.
Never forget the Patriot Act
The US jas deployed a lot of troops for avtive combat across the world on the past 80 years despite Congress not declaring a single war since Pearl Harbor. This sort of naked power grab was inevitable.