Why does the US military obey an order to go to war despite Congress not having given their consent?
https://lemmy.world/post/41136002
Why does the US military obey an order to go to war despite Congress not having given their consent? - Lemmy.World
Sorry for the political question, but I’ve been hearing all the time that only
Congress can declare war and therefore authorise the invasion of another
country. Therefore, when the military receives orders to invade e.g. Venezuela,
from the executive branch, not from Congress, why is the order followed, or why
is there no corroboration of the order? It feels like there is an assumption of
propriety, that the military assumes the executive branch followed proper
procedural norms. Are the military exposed to prosecution for war crimes as a
result of following such an order?
Reaching across the aisle - Lemmy.World
Democratic political strategy
What characterises the musical style of the 2020s, 2010s and 2000s?
https://lemmy.world/post/19463376
What characterises the musical style of the 2020s, 2010s and 2000s? - Lemmy.World
Every decade has its musical style that generally makes it easy to place what
decade a song was written in if you haven’t heard it before. 40s big band 50s
rock and roll 60s essentially has its genre named after the decade or at least I
can’t think of anything I’d call a genre. 70s punk and beginnings of heavy
metal, disco 80s electro synth, rap 90s grunge, dance, R&B, trance Etc etc.
Obviously these don’t entirely define the music of the decade but are highly
recognisable genres that can more often than not pinned down to a decade. So my
question is, since the 2000s I don’t see as much differentiation but that might
be because I’m too old (44) and not as exposed to be music as I was in my teens,
so help me pretend I’m “hip” and “with it” by giving me some clues. I’m curious
to know what you think defines the music of the 2020s, what defines the 2010s
and what defines the 2000s. I.e. When someone says they are going to listen to
noughties music what do they put on? Etc. Or have we reached a point where music
has been explored to the point new genres are much rarer to establish?
Supporters of Israel - why do you think the Geneva convention should not apply?
https://lemmy.world/post/19430984
Supporters of Israel - why do you think the Geneva convention should not apply? - Lemmy.World
The Geneva convention was established to minimise atrocities in conflicts.
Israeli settlements in Gaza are illegal and violate the Geneva convention.
Legality of Israeli settlements
[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_Israeli_settlements] Article 51 of
the Geneva convention prohibits indiscriminate attacks on civilian population
yet Israel attacked hospitals with children inside. Whether you agree or not
that Hamas were present, children cannot be viewed as combatants.so
[http://combatants.so] when no care was taken to protect them, does this not
constitute a violation? According to save the children, 1 in 50 children in Gaza
had been killed or injured
[https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/news/media-centre/press-releases/one-in-50-of-gaza-s-children-killed-or-injured-in-six-months-of-].
This is a very high proportion and does not show care being taken to prevent
such casualties and therefore constitutes a violation. So my question is simply,
do supporters of Israel no longer support our believe in the Geneva convention,
did you never, or how do you reconcile Israeli breaches of the Geneva
convention? Answers other than only "they have the right to go after Hamas "
please. The issue is how they are going after Hamas, not whether they should or
not.
