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The Liberal Democrats, the SNP and Plaid Cymru have demanded that parliament is recalled to debate the air strikes in Yemen.

Leading figures on the Labour Left agree.

The former shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has warned that the UK and US action could set 'the region alight'.

But those MPs who want a vote are likely to be disappointed.

As the action has concluded, this is unlikely - though the Prime Minister is expected to give a statement to Parliament on Monday and will seek to reassure MPs that UK involvement was proportionate and legal.

President Biden's decision to launch air strikes on the Houthis has won him some praise from Republicans in Congress, but also criticism from some fellow Democrats.

US Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said: "I welcome the US and coalition operations against the Iran-backed Houthi terrorists responsible for violently disrupting international commerce in the Red Sea and attacking American vessels. President Biden’s decision to use military force against these Iranian proxies is overdue."

Roger Wicker, the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said "this strike was two months overdue, but it is a good first step toward restoring deterrence in the Red Sea".

On the Democrat side, California representative Ro Khanna said: "The President needs to come to Congress before launching a strike against the Houthis in Yemen and involving us in another Middle East conflict. That is Article 1 of the Constitution. I will stand up for that regardless of whether a Democrat or Republican is in the White House."

That criticism was echoed by Democrat representative Mark Pocan from Wisconsin, who said: "The United States cannot risk getting entangled into another decades-long conflict without Congressional authorization. The White House must work with Congress before continuing these air strikes in Yemen".

It's offensive.

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They leave up VOA articles, and VOA is literally US propaganda. They also leave up Kyiv Post, CNN, and Ukrainian Pravda, as well as Times of Israel and Haaretz.

They're much more aggressive moderating against ad hominem attacks, though.

There's two rational positions on this: allow all propaganda, or block all propaganda. Selectively allowing propaganda is just exposing the mods' political opinions and pushing it on everyone else.

Fact is, nobody really knows what's going on. Fog of war is in play and everyone has an incentive to lie.

Not if the mods take down propaganda from the other side, leaving the community entirely propagandized by one perspective.

That username will probably get you banned here lol

Friendly reminder that the World Bank was projecting 4.3% GDP growth for 2023 in December 2022 and raised that to 5.2% by December 2023.

CAS was projecting 6% for 2023 in December 2022.

The final IMF estimate was 5.4% for 2023.

My estimate is that China will just barely squeak 5% GDP growth this year off of the real estate bubble having been mostly deflated already while EV and green energy exports shoot up.

Outrage is a antisemitic

Canadian immigration has been increasingly trigger-happy recently.