@LOABlegal@reCognitiveBias@BladeoftheS I get that you want to be a pussy about it but Iran is our enemy whether you like it or not. What happened in Iran in 1979 is equivalent to the Russian Revolution in 1917. But instead of retarded communist it was retarded religious fanatics instead.
@LOABlegal@reCognitiveBias@BladeoftheS Wrong. We backed a military coup with the British to oust a idiot Iran PM that decided to steal British infrastructure. The Brits had bought the mineral rights to that area and had spent years building the infrastructure to get it out of the ground. Iran brought it on themselves.
@LOABlegal@reCognitiveBias@BladeoftheS I not suggesting we dominate the entire world. I'm talking peace thru strength mostly. Again this shit with Iran has been going on since the 50s. It should have been taken care of in the 80s. The world is a better place without a Iran dominated by fucking terrorists who hate us.
@LOABlegal@reCognitiveBias@BladeoftheS Who's giving anyone a free pass? It's fucking mandatory ๐คฆโโ๏ธ. Depending on who is in charge of Congress, Congress has the power to cut off funding or increase it if they want to. What I'm concerned about is idiots who vote who don't understand what the constitution mandates.
@LOABlegal@reCognitiveBias@BladeoftheS It's a constitutional republic where we democratically elect people to represent us and run our government. If more than half the voters suffer from suicidal empathy then we elect weak and pathetic losers to positions of power. That is democracy and that's where we are heading.
@LOABlegal@reCognitiveBias@BladeoftheS If it is unlimited why isn't it 4 trillion? Defense cost us a trillion. That's a quarter of our tax revenue. A quarter. It's not the problem at all despite your best efforts to argue that it is which is my whole point of contention. It's mandated bud, welfare aint.
@LOABlegal@reCognitiveBias@BladeoftheS And I didn't say that it's constitutional mandated to spend a trillion specifically. We spend a trillion on defense and you all whine and complain that it's bankrupting the country. It's not. We spend a trillion because defense in 2026 cost a trillion. Not hard to understand.
@LOABlegal@reCognitiveBias@BladeoftheS And my response to that was that the majority of the American people don't understand reality. It's why we are $40 trillion in debt. They elect idiots like AOC and Ilham Omar. They invite barbarians into the country. So please don't with the bs about "representation" in 2026.
@LOABlegal@reCognitiveBias@BladeoftheS You wrote "Committing acts of war against sovereign states is too consequential to undertake without careful deliberation and the approval of the American people through their elected representatives in Congress, not at the whim of one person wielding a propaganda machine."
@LOABlegal@reCognitiveBias@BladeoftheS The majority of the American people don't understand reality. Its why we are $40 trillion in debt. They elect idiots like AOC and Ilham Omar. They invite barbarians into the country. So no, I'm not going to cry over 1 trillion in constitutionally mandatory spending.
@LOABlegal@reCognitiveBias@BladeoftheS It's "ever-increasing" because the dangers are "ever-increasing". The Chinese, the Russians, Iran etc. They all want their ideologies and cultures to be dominant and you'd be a fool to not see that. And this isn't 1791 It's 2026. This is about survival.
@LOABlegal@reCognitiveBias@BladeoftheS I'm not of the opinion there is legality when it comes to war. It all falls under national defense. The shit in Iran has been going on since the 50s. Trump is trying to do something about it instead of just kicking that can down the road like his predecessors did. I'm all for it.
@LOABlegal@reCognitiveBias@BladeoftheS I'm of the opinion we need to spend more on defense as it's mandatory we do so and on ending the welfare state. And i'm not some suicidal isolationist who doesn't understand reality. This is about survival and making sure our interests as a sovereignty are met.
@LOABlegal@reCognitiveBias@BladeoftheS Bud we spend 1 trillion on national defense versus the stuff the Constitution doesn't mandate we spend on. That 1 trillion makes up a quarter of our tax revenue a year. This idea we are spending too much on defense and is somehow bankrupting the country is retarded.
@LOABlegal@reCognitiveBias@BladeoftheS And the Constitution is literally just a piece of paper. You have to put people into power who have the willpower to control themselves and understand why we limit government. Instead the majority voted for who promises more free stuff.