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Democratic Leaders Face Backlash Over 'Cowardly' Responses to Trump War on Iran
(www.commondreams.org)
I always thought "Israeli money" was a bit of an oxymoron...
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I mean they are litterally breaking a momentum for a blue wave which has never ever been at the scale this one the potential for.
With good leadership Dems could be heading into something so big the Republicans wouldn't be able to to come back.
But instead weve got these two
It's hard not to look at them as controlled opposition.
Kamala Harris (before the election): Iran is America's greatest adversary.
Also Kamala Harris (before the election): She wants America to have the most "lethal" military. Not the most powerful, effective, advanced, or strongest. Specifically "lethal."
They’re on the same team (capital).
What the US call left-wing and right-wing, a sane political spectrum calls center-right and extreme-far-right
Its no where near center right, center on the scale doesn't move, just the parties. Dems have been center right in decades
The man on the right says to the man of the left, "Take a step towards me and we will meet in the middle"
The man on the left says "In the spirit of bipartisanship, of course I will" and takes a step towards the man on the right.
The man on the right takes a step back, smiles and says "Take a step towards me and we will meet in the middle."
Israel and capitalism
Absolutely. I'm really at my limit of the whole blue no matter who bullshit after this round of elections and capitulation.
No point in harm reduction of you can't even stand up to war crimes when it matters.
Literally, not figuratively?
I mean, the Dems want support for Israel. Behind closed doors I'm sure they're giddy about Trump wanting to level every single building in Iran at Israel's request.
Dems have never had a war they haven't been foaming at the mouth to get into
cowards kinda implies they have some motivation other than being secretly pro-war
Secretly?
Well its not exactly a secret. But there is a trillion-dollar propaganda campaign to pretend otherwise.
Does anyone expect pushback from this dem leadership???
they're cowards about the fucking Epstein files, 90% of them only got elected because of aipac
Consider this: Epstein was working for Mossad.
90%? You are not giving aipac enough credit