Originally posted by: LiveFreeNW
The gentleman asked for an example of a Democrat president ordering an occupation and I gave it. I then gave a couple other examples of unconstitutional actions made by some Democrats after clearly stating that they didn't perfectly fit his request.
Just because I bring it up as an example of unconstitutional military action does not mean I am comparing it with other unconstitutional action or justifying other unconstitutional actions.
You seem to keep insisting that every time I mention something bad about the Democrats that I am somehow praising or defending Old King Orange. I am not.
I don't understand why I run into this so much from both sides of the aisle. Every time I say something negative about a Republican I have people assuming that I'm defending the Democrats and every time I say something negative about Democrats I have people claiming I am defending Republicans. I am not.
I understand, but by comparing Obama ordering a drone strike with Trump's undeclared war and invasion, you're doing what MAGA luvvvvs to do--making a false equivalence argument. You see that here all the time from stupid Tom and Millerscum, and Boilerboob occasionally as well. You're too smart to make even an implied comparison. And I apologize for implying that you're making the same apologia as Millerscum or stupid Tom always do. I know you're not, and you were simply responding to their strident WHAT ABOUT THEM DEMMURKATS, HUH???
You see, you have to realize that MAGA absolutely and reflexively emulates Trump in every way, like mind-controlled parrots. And Trump's go-to "defense" whenever accused of something is to attack his accusers. Did you know that at his recent rape trial, he accused the counsel for the plaintiff of being a rapist himself? He was no doubt going to accuse the judge, but his lawyer clamped a hand over Trump's mouth.
My point has been that whatever military incursions the US may have made in the past, this new Trump-shit is an order of magnitude worse. Have past Presidents, BOTH REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT, violated the Constitution by engaging in warfare without the approval of Congress? All the time. Was it ever legal? No. Was it ever justified? Rarely. So I understand that both Trump and his lackeys believe that he has carte blanche and all he has to do to "justify" murdering the citizens of another sovereign nation is bleat something about drugs or terrorism.
So I think that the proper answer to Millerscum et al was that while many presidents of both parties have broken the law and performed unjustified military actions without Congressional approval, it's irrelevant to try to excuse Trump's current actions. Both because illegal is illegal and "THEM TOO! THEM TOO!" is no defense to anything, and because what Trump has done crossed whatever line there still was after the public tacitly approved tossing bombs at the bad guys, though that was illegal as well.
I don't think that you meant to excuse either side. Our MAGAs definitely want to excuse their orange master.