quote=Twardlow]My Friend, you have changed the discussion from a civil population subject to the military, thus changing the topic entirely.

What I said was, “There’s no population on earth that the Japanese were afraid of, and there are plenty of examples of how Japanese treated civilian populations.”[/quote

Twist and turn - that is what snakes do! Just look at how the twisting and turning you are doing.

Your Quote:" What I said was, “There’s no population on earth..." - - Americans are a population! 'Try Twist away' But I am not letting you twist out of this one!

Your Quote:"that the Japanese were afraid of..." - - That is the Japanese army - only their military (army) went into the various locations in SE Asia and across the Pacific and did those things to the civilian population. 'turning away' Not letting turn this away.

Your Quote:"... and there are plenty of examples of how Japanese treated civilian populations.”[/quote]" - - Again, only the Japanese military (army) was doing these things to the population. 'Twisting away again.' It was the military! Any one with a reasonable mind can see you squirming to try to get out of the hole you dug for yourself.

Your quote:"My Friend, you have changed the discussion from a civil population subject to the military, thus changing the topic entirely."

You are trying to twist and turn with your stupidity. You are trying to use slippery words and what it represents. It was the military (army) that did these things to the population - who else did it to them? So I was talking in the tense and case, which you set up! It wasn't me who change the subject - I was just following your post! Your too stupid to see it. Is that because a snake has such a little head? Only relies on instinct and not logic - not enough room in the little head to allow such a thing?

They were afraid of the American population. Actually the proof is in the pudding. Their military lost and had good reason to be afraid! Their Japanese population did not go out and fight this war, their military did. So there was no change from population to military as you falsely claim. A lying SNAKE! Low to the ground crawling around. Have you bumped into the other snake? Boy I just might have a hard time knowing the difference between you two! Hissssssss like a snake!

I'm going to ignore the other posts and respond thus:

The United States has a written Constitution, something not found in England. As part of the document, the Congress authorizes all spending by the U.S. Government. The Executive Branch can only spend what's been appropriated.

The President informed the Congress earlier, that there would be no omnibus spending bills, that Congress would have to appropriate money for departmental operations as had been done for years. The Congress has already appropriated about 75% of the fiscal 2019 budget.

As part of the Congressional rules, in place for years, it takes a 60 vote approval for the Senate to okay any appropriation bill that comes to the Senate. The only exception is for reconciliation, which requires only a one-vote majority to pass in either house.

The President can't spend any money the Congress hasn't appropriated. With divided power, the Democrat-controlled House has refused to appropriate any money for President Trumps border security (politics aside). Without an appropriations bill, which has to originate in the House, there can be no vote in the Senate.

The United States Constitution is not a very long document to read. You should try it.

The President of the United States is not a demigod. He's acting within the power granted him by the Constitution. He did not shut down the government.

And yes, I read all six volumes of Churchill's work. At the end, I was still convinced that he was a narcissistic, political chameleon who switched sides of the political aisle about as often as I change underwear. His understanding of military strategy was exceeded only by his ego. (See Gallipoli Campaign of February 1915-January 1916.)