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[–] fruitleatherpostcard@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I don’t think the Governor of any state has the legal power to wage war.

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[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

How would launching missiles to deal with the Mexican cartel help anyone? Yes, you might end up killing some cartel members near the border, but what happens if you end up hurting civilians that get caught in the crossfire?

There is also no guarantees the cartels won't wise up to this and just start taking and using civilians as meat shields in order to make the soldiers launching the missiles and shooting at them look bad on both sides.

[–] Heikki@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

This is Advanced Stupid

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

The GOP primary rules out DeSantis for US president.

[–] Lucz1848@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago
[–] Spendrill@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

DeSantis refuses to rule out nuking the moon.

[–] Techmaster@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

He's basically a Mr Show sketch.

[–] popemichael@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago

I wonder what the US government would do if Florida went rogue and started shooting missiles at Mexico?

I was going to visit FL in a few weeks, but now I don't feel it's even safe to visit…

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com 4 points 1 year ago

This really rolls off the mental tongue

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I read this in Jonathan Harris' voice.

[–] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

His full quote...

“We would use all available — the tactics, I think, can be debated. If you have something you want to accomplish, people would brief you on the different ways you’d be able to do it,” DeSantis said. “So, that would be dependent on the situation.”

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