DesideriScuri
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ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri Where does the US get the authority to warn them not to use illegal weapons in the first place? Where do the police get the authority to arrest you if you commit a crime? From the governmental body that is organizing that police force (City, County, State, Federal, etc.). The thing is, We the People have set up our governmental system and levels so as to govern ourselves. As such, we have granted the authority to the government level to set up a police force for enforcing of the laws. Since the authority begins with the People, any authority NOT granted to a government is one that government does not have. Plus, We the People did not grant the authority to the Federal Government to defend the citizens of other countries from their own government. That simply is not in the US Constitution. However, since we have entered into UN and NATO treaties, it's possible to derive the authority from those bodies, but there is no authority coming from NATO, since no NATO country has to be defended at this time, and the UN has not granted any authority for action to anyone. quote:
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ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri Where does the authority come from allowing us to interject our will in the area? I think the fact that so many of our allies have supported the move despite the tensions caused by Trump's election speaks volumes. Would it have been okay for Russia to have bombed Alabama over the Tuskegee Syphilis experiments, if so many of it's allies supported the action? The US has directly invaded a sovereign country (as opposed to the indirect invasion we've been on about with the funding and supporting of anti-Assad rebels). Any country that does that to the US would have war declared on them before the bodies were done being counted. So many of our allies would support our getting rid of Kim Jon Un, but that doesn't make it right, authorized, or acceptable. So many of our allies would support our bombing of nuclear weapons facilities in Iran, but that doesn't make it right, authorized, or acceptable.
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What I support: - A Conservative interpretation of the US Constitution
- Personal Responsibility
- Help for the truly needy
- Limited Government
- Consumption Tax (non-profit charities and food exempt)
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