This is bipartisan. I remember when Obama continued to send military aid to Egypt DURING their military coup, which is also illegal under US law. No one gave a shit.

Yokels all over rural America were up in arms over the idea that their jobs producing small but integral parts of a weapons system that would eventually go to a strongman using force to stay in power might dry up. No politician will ever dare threaten to damage the military-industrial complex for economic reasons alone.

Unless they have continued to do this after he took office, he is not fully responsible for this. In fact, for THIS, he is not at all responsible. He MIGHT be responsible for not holding the people who are responsible to account, which is not the same as being "fully responsible" for something that happened before he was in office.

Right. Trump used a computer. Because he needed to be convinced to commit a crime. That all of the previous administrations have done. Sure.

Good to see kids these days standing up for themselves.

He was not a head of state whose protection had been guaranteed by the US federal government.

Any other ideas?

yeah, the "federal police" would just let him go. Mamdani checked. This is a hilarious take.

Mamdani did see if there was a legal way for the NYPD to arrest Hitleryahoo, but there is not. Curious to know what your next step would be after he's in custody at a neighborhood NYPD precinct.

Wow you really don't like it when someone quotes you, do you? haha

I didn't realize I had to explain why due process is important. You see, little Billy, when anyone can punish you (in these cases, execute you) for anything without proving it, accusing you, or even knowing who you are, then it doesn't matter what crime you are accused of. Justice becomes a fascist tool to be used against anyone who is not in the good graces of those wielding the power.

You can see then that it matters not if Trump calls them narcoterrorists or if Obama calls them terrorists. Or if the next guy decides jaywalking justifies that force. If there is no due process, the crime is immaterial, regardless of what it is.

I hope you learn why due process is essential.

Here is a quote from you about Obama's kill list and signature drone strike policies: "If it is true that someone is planning to commit terrorism, it may be justified to kill them, if other methods of preventing them are not practical." *You are focusing on terror versus narcoterror. This is missing the point. *

Obama's kill list and signature drone strike policies did not include any due process to determine if there was any planning to commit terrorism, making the killings completely unjustified. In the case of signature strikes, the person's identity would be unknown, and their behavior would be boiled down to where they were in the world, their gender, and their perceived age, so nothing about their behavior at all.

*You are ignoring the process by which someone is targeted, which is the entire point. *

You are right that Ukraine is a puppet and its men are sacraficial lambs used to try and weaken Russa.

Russia is defending itself against NATO encroachment.

The idea that Russia is trying to liberate anyone is absurd and laughable.

I remember the Cold War. The USSR was bad because they were communists.

Then, after the fall of the Soviet Union, Western governments and corporations paid the corrupt, now former communists, who were in charge of industries, to hand over resources in ways that would not help Russia and turned Russia into an Oligarchy right away. At the same time, agreements were made about NATO (which should have been defunct the moment the USSR fell, given its mission) and about how close a NATO country would be to Russian borders.

Then, when Russian people were upset about the way the West was exploiting their resources and violating agreements, a strongman gained power by "standing up to the West," and suddenly, Russia was bad again. Putin would not be in power if he did not have the West as a foil.

The West has certainly been Russophobic my entire life, and it's crazy to see my fellow citizens in the US continue to fall for the same old tricks.

OP has never heard of Voice of America, apparently.