This Atlantic article from Phil “Redeployment” Klay about the effects of endless war on U.S. troops seems especially pertinent in light of this evening’s news regarding Syria.
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This Atlantic article from Phil “Redeployment” Klay about the effects of endless war on U.S. troops seems especially pertinent in light of this evening’s news regarding Syria.
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Shit. Damn chicken hawks at it again.
I just don’t get the impression that these people know what the fuck the big picture is.
Understatement of the week, maybe the month, quite possibly the year.
As the Comey stuff came out it was hard not to begin the countdown for when Orange Hitler would lash out with more than lame tweets. So will this episode of “your tax dollars at work” do any more than the last one launched by Cadet Bone Spurs?
Gawd help us all–Morons Are Governing America.
Whenever I see this sort of barroom braggadocio writ large I think back to a moment from Michael Herr’s “Dispatches.”
Herr, Sean Flynn and Tim Page were somewhere in Vietnam chatting up the grunts when the CO choppered in. Writes Herr:
Authorization For Use of Military Force. That’s the blank check the presidents use for all of this insanity. Once again, I blame congress.
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But, the economy of Tucson could use a little boost. Shoot those Tomahawks Mr. Dumpster, Raytheon will build you more.
Since 2005, we in BombTowne are officially part of the military-industrial bombs for profits complex. So I guess I should be cheering this shit on. But as O’Brien says, where is Congress to do its job according to the Constitution? You know, that document that our last few presidents use for toilet paper?
Charlie Savage at the NYT has a good explainer on the legality of the strike. Basically it boils down to “You could take all of the balls you find in Congress, put ’em in a thimble, and still have room for your thumb.”
Patrick, thanks for that link. The AUMF probably did not apply to that strike; it only applies to the poor 2000 service members deployed to that “shit hole country.” Must be a shit hole if Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Russia, and the good ole USA can go there and totally fuck it up with impunity. War is peace.