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A bunch of redditors were telling me that Biden couldn't just stop the weapon transfers since they were part of a deal that had already been made. I wonder how many days it will take him to do it.
Ya know, of all the kinds of lib, rule-lawyer might be the most exasperating.
What’s even more annoying is its post-hoc counter-factual rules lawyering. The US has domestic laws and is party to international laws that specifically prohibit giving weapons to countries doing genocide.
There is a deep autistic part of me that genuinely wants someone to go in and be like “Oh okay so we like the rules? Alright we’re gonna apply them then.” and actually punish the people in power for their literal blatantly illegal actions.
I need a rogue sheriff who’s willing to arrest Nancy Pelosi for insider trading when she happens to be in his town. Give me a mayor who wants publicity taking Trump out in handcuffs for breaking a mask mandate. Where’s the Capitol Police sergeant willing to arrest Biden on suspicion of illegally selling weapons to a country committing genocide?
What’s extra infuriating is if anyone did one of those things, even if it doesn’t actually work, you’re now set for life on the talk show circuit. Everyone wants to hear from the sheriff who put Trump in the back of a squad car.
Funny, that's also their response to him continuing all of Trump's policies. If everything he does is just following orders and continuing with previous deals, why even bother with a head of state at all?
At best that just means the deal did not, apparently, include terms on not using the weapons for genocide.
Trudeau also used this excuse to sell weapons to Saudi Arabia during the height of their campaign against Yemen.