tintory@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoRon DeSantis Proposes Unprovoked War on Mexicoprospect.orgexternal-linkmessage-square159fedilinkarrow-up1693arrow-down152
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minus-squareBernie2028@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down10·1 year agoI hate DeSantis as much as the next guy but cmon, this title is misleading. He said he would “drone strikes cartels,” not that he wanted to go to war.
minus-squareOutlierBlue@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down1·1 year agoLaunching military ordnance into another country is the definition of war.
minus-squareBernie2028@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down9·1 year agoIf it’s to kill terrorists that are enemies of both the US and Mexican government, not really.
minus-squareOutlierBlue@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·1 year agoSo you’d be okay with the Chinese dropping a bomb on a house in your neighbourhood because some right-wing nut was gonna blow up a government building? He’s a terrorist, so it’s all good right?
minus-squareargv_minus_one@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoI mean, I’m not going to shed any tears over a would-be Timothy McVeigh who probably fantasized about killing leftists like me. Now, if they start bombing weddings, then we’ve got a problem. And yeah, the US military did that.
minus-squareBernie2028@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·edit-21 year agoI’m not justifying it. I’m only saying the title is a bit misleading/sensationalist.
minus-squareOutlierBlue@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agoIt’s really not. It’s a definite act of war.
I hate DeSantis as much as the next guy but cmon, this title is misleading. He said he would “drone strikes cartels,” not that he wanted to go to war.
Launching military ordnance into another country is the definition of war.
If it’s to kill terrorists that are enemies of both the US and Mexican government, not really.
So you’d be okay with the Chinese dropping a bomb on a house in your neighbourhood because some right-wing nut was gonna blow up a government building?
He’s a terrorist, so it’s all good right?
I mean, I’m not going to shed any tears over a would-be Timothy McVeigh who probably fantasized about killing leftists like me.
Now, if they start bombing weddings, then we’ve got a problem. And yeah, the US military did that.
I’m not justifying it. I’m only saying the title is a bit misleading/sensationalist.
It’s really not. It’s a definite act of war.