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[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 135 points 2 days ago

The best part is the next stage of the pattern where the opposition party gets elected and fails to change the ability for a president to launch regime change wars unilaterally. Or make it so ordinary folks have a decent life.

And then we just repeat it every decade or so.

[-] real_squids@sopuli.xyz 74 points 2 days ago

"opposition" party

[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 37 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

And "Thanks Obama" 2026

[-] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 58 points 2 days ago

It's the Republican presidential playbook.

[-] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

So, when Democrat Presidents do this (as they do) they are just stealing Republican plays?

That's scary!

[-] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago
[-] wpb@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I'm not super sure what "it" refers to, but assuming "it" refers to newly bombing a foreign nation to enact regime change, and not just expanding on or continuing already existing bombing campaigns (which would expand the list to literally every dem president since Eisenhower):

Obama: Libya

Clinton: Yugoslavia

Kennedy: Cuba

Truman: Korea

But some of these are quite far in the past, which other users have suggested makes them invalid examples somehow. Idk. Not sure what the other poster was referring to, but I think this may have been it.

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[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 51 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It's a very obvious pattern. A US president decides to do regime change.

That's it. That's the pattern.

[-] 000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 38 points 2 days ago

The only difference now is that the president is also a pedophile

[-] RidderSport@feddit.org 20 points 2 days ago

Well is that a difference though? From what I see, the only difference is that a known pedophile can keep being president

[-] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago

known pedophile

Or are we going to conveniently ignore that the rumor that Trump sucked Bill's hog means that Bill was running in those circles too? The reason there's barely any movement on releasing the files is because it implicates fucking everyone in that socio-economic strata.

Trump's openly horrid. That doesn't mean the previous chucklefucks were spotless.

[-] MNByChoice@midwest.social 34 points 2 days ago

America First doesn't include running other countries.

[-] auraithx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 days ago

It does they just envision a much larger America.

Cuba and Nicaragua next before the mid-terms.

Greenland just after, and Canada in late 2027.

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[-] bytesonbike@discuss.online 42 points 2 days ago

No wars until the average American isn't struggling with basic needs like food, education, healthcare and a roof over their heads. You know, things every other normal country provides to their citizens.

[-] shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 1 points 18 hours ago

I'm afraid the US operates on military keynesianism. It would be a welcome change in character, but an unlikely one.

[-] cheers_queers@lemmy.zip 92 points 2 days ago

No wars ~~until the average American isn't struggling with basic needs like food, education, healthcare and a roof over their heads. You know, things every other normal country provides to their citizens.~~

[-] crank0271@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago

Can we still have class war, though?

[-] TaterTot@piefed.social 15 points 2 days ago

We have class war at home

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 18 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

You're already in one.

[-] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 29 points 2 days ago

That's why only congress can declare war!

So, they work around that by saying these wars are not wars, so now that this has been established, the president can do as they wish and nobody can stop them (as only congress restrains the President)

[-] Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 days ago

Just a special military operation?

[-] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

They'll name it ironically, like "operation southern shield".

[-] CelestialBunny 13 points 2 days ago

Assuming that he was doing this in order to boost his popularity due to war, how does he fuck this up and get bullied over the Epstein files for another year? Because he’s GOING to fuck this up.

[-] justaman123@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago

Usually there's a lot more build up for this kind of thing to get the public on their side, but they figured they could use the Trump magic to just shove it in dry. I don't think it's gonna fly. Share all the Epstein files!

[-] A7thStone@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Pete would know, he's had first hand experience.

[-] Tidesphere@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I believe they're setting this up so they can send Epsteiners to Venezuela to take high level government positions and "help run it" and give them a convenient way to leave the country and be beyond prosecution while maintaining a luxury lifestyle.

[-] hildegarde 13 points 2 days ago

Why does his profile picture look like a sims 1 character??

[-] criticon@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 days ago

My brother used AI to create "professional portraits" and they looked like this.

I mocked him and flooded his inbox with local portrait photographers until he changed his profile pic

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

The same reason his platform was "whatever the companies wanted it to be"

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 4 points 2 days ago

Friendly reminder:

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[-] MonkeyDumpster@lemmy.org 15 points 2 days ago

im so happy we're making all the oil companies even more money! yay!

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[-] Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 days ago

Pete Buttigieg is a liberal. He's only saying this to save face.

Listen to people like Graham Platner instead.

[-] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

He had the chance to sound the alarm about Biden's mental health early on and didn't take it. He's part of the reason Trump is currently president.

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Just like Israel and Iran. I would say the same for Russia, but Putin was pretty popular before the war iirc.

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