Thread by @soychicka

Did you know that Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war retrospectively to the date of the attack on Pearl Harbor... and it appears Congress complied.

Backdating the 'state of war' to when it was thrust upon the United States has interesting implications:

There has been a debate raging for the past few years: can someone be prosecuted for treason when war has not yet been declared at the time of their actions?

This seems to imply that the state of war can be pushed back to include the first attack, when it is acknowledged...

the result being that anyone aiding and abetting hostile foreign actors during those acts of war - which would reasonably include the planning and implementation of the first attack - could then be convicted of treason.

So... choosing two candidates for Georgia's senate seats who - even if they win the runoff election - could reasonably be removed from office by virtue of insider trading (& profiting from COVID19 at the public's expense) seems very poor strategy on the part of the GOP.

Not saying that anyone would opt to declare a state of war, though I certainly feel there are grounds to do so - and not isolated to the election interference from 2015 on....

There _could_ be grounds extending back to 11/23/2011 -that Russian satellite falling to earth that set off a 5 alarm fire - an entire city block, including a school, was set ablaze. It could have been an accident, but...

https://twitter.com/soychicka/status/903724533814833152?s=20

The Russians blamed Reagan. 🤣

Also, accidents are usually reported.
Not covered up.

So.

https://twitter.com/soychicka/status/903737326735675392?s=20

Those are some of my thoughts upon hearing that a retroactive state of war CAN be declared.

( p.s. I have my own photos of the fire somewhere, from a rooftop a block away, in case anyone is interested in analyzing the smoke ).