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[–] itisileclerk@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

US is out of warships? Didn't see this comming.

[–] bearboiblake@pawb.social 1 points 5 hours ago

Any US-aligned ships which go into the strait of Hormuz without Iran's blessing will probably be hit by a bunch of drones and sunk. The US wants their puppet states to act as bullet sponges so that fewer Americans die.

[–] Atomic@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Doubtful. But they probably can't send more without officially having to declared a war. Which Trump alone can't do. So they are asking other nations to come save him from his own domestic misconduct.

[–] cabb@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Why wouldn't he be able to send more warships? AFAIK the only legal limit imposed on the Presidency is a 60 day limit on how long they can deploy troops without declaring a war. However, this has been mostly ignored by US Presidents since the law was passed decades ago. The only part of that law they do follow is notifying Congress.

[–] Atomic@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago

I honestly don't know. I can't say I'm an expert, it was more of an educated guess. Maybe it's difficult to justify sending more seeing as they've already declared victory...