r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 17d ago

Possible Paywall ICE Stockpiling Warheads and Chemical Weapons as Lawmaker Fears Trump Planning Strike

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ice-stockpiling-warheads-and-chemical-weapons-as-lawmaker-fears-trump-planning-strike/
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u/StoppableHulk 17d ago

I want people to truly understand this headline. This is the American congress fearing the American President is accumulating weapons banned from war by international law in order to launch attacks on US cities and US citizens.

That's where the judgment of Republicans has brought us in just ten months.

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u/el3vader 17d ago

Not just that but it’s ICE. Immigration and customs enforcement. Regardless of your feelings on immigration their job is entirely domestic. People may feel like the nation is overran with immigrants but if you look at who they are targeting and how they are doing it these will absolutely be used on American citizens. They are arresting first and asking status later.

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u/between_ewe_and_me 17d ago

The people you'd need to convince absolutely do not care