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Both Colin Powell's deference to Bush and the frankly bonkers final month of Trump revealed in Woodward's _Peril_ are good reminders that requiring a multi-person council to authorize war in the world's most heavily armed society would be a meaningful improvement. @CarwilBJ/1450220170488778758On twitter.com
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Baseline concepts of wisdom and fairness would require representative people asked to risk their lives and people who have known the hardships of war to serve on such a council.Permalink On twitter.com
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Yet in our system, it's often elites who risk nothing charged with making such determinations, alongside generals who have risen in the ranks by falsely claiming every past military engagement was a success.Permalink On twitter.com