• brynden_rivers_esq@lemmy.ca
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    8 hours ago

    IDK, you’ve obviously got a lot more faith in them than I do. Obama didn’t even say “I’m gonna drone strike anyone I want anywhere in the world, sovereignty be damned,” but he did it. Biden and hillary both voted to invade Iraq. So when Democrats say “I’ll do anything necessary to stop Iran” I don’t put anything past them.

    And yeah, that’s the gross behavior I’m talking about. Like…that video is gross, but it’s less bad than any of the many thousands of bombs we’ve provided. I don’t think the nastiness and the policy are related to each other.

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      7 hours ago

      I’m not saying I’m not frequently disappointed in them - but demanding perfection immediately seems to work even less well.

      And as for “stopping Iran” i know there’s a bunch of plans that don’t involve random school bombings, which just speaks to the derangement and incompetence of the people who supposedly won the election. We would have had better than that. By a lot. The world would have had better.

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        7 hours ago

        I’m really not demanding perfection. Like look I’d love to see all kinds of stuff I think are no-brainers, good policy, whatever. If the Democrats tomorrow said “no more arms to Israel” I’d still have a million and one complaints…no question they’re not perfect. That’s not perfection that’s like…minimal human decency. They can keep funding ICE keep carrying out regime change wars keep fucking everyone over on healthcare and the environment and labor rights and all that. But arming israel? No; come on. That’s not “demanding perfection”