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Congress approves bill barring any president from unilaterally withdrawing from NATO (thehill.com)

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Congress has approved legislation that would prevent any president from withdrawing the United States from NATO without approval from the Senate or an Act of Congress. The measure, spearheaded by Sens. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), was included in the annual National Defense Authorization Act, which passed out of the House on Thursday and is expected to be signed by President Biden.

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 11 months ago (1 children)

How is this undemocratic? It was voted on and passed by Congress. Congress is made up of elected representatives by the citizens of the US.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

So if the Congress passes money to the settler colonial state of Israel to genocide and exterminate the country of Palestine, would it be democratic? Oh wait...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Are you confusing what is democratic with what is supporting democracy? Democracy is just a system of government. A democratic country can nuke another democratic country and still be democratic. We could say they are not supporting democracy in other countries, but that's not what anyone is talking about here.