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setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

To your other point, yes, I used the word “just” when referring to the president’s decision. The reason being, it is solely his decision, as the highest ranking leader of the Department of Defense (DoD), to implement the military in “campaigns” across the globe. He does not need anyone’s permission to deploy us.

Congress in Iraq 2003, authorized before, rather than after. While the President could unilaterally have ordered an invasion with only a short term of authority, he did not. Therefore, the historical example provided was not an example of the President acting without backing of Congress.

he’d have to pull us back within 30 days

90 days (60 for operations + 30 for orderly withdrawl).

as military members, operating in an official capacity, we were required to use the “correct terminology”

The name of the medal was official. I’m going going to re-litigate the entire subject, but if your point is that there was an aversion to using the word “war” in public, that simply wasn’t so.

I usually don’t have to deep dive into the specifics about these things with civilians

Perhaps an assumption?

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