Kamala has already said they won’t institute an arms embargo, which is basically the one material thing she can do to restrict Israel, and has put all the blame on Iran. Without that on the table and the other rhetoric, she’s saying the same thing as Trump but with nicer words, she will allow them to finish the job. Sure she’s covering it by saying she’ll try for a ceasefire, but so has Biden for months now and that’s gone well. The war with Iran she’s hinting at is basically Biden’s policy and it plays right into Israel’s hand. It let’s them continue the he genocide, avoid a ceasefire, take more land, keep elections suspended and Bibi in power, and let’s us continue to destabilize the Middle East as we have always done. Trump’s rhetoric is bloodthirsty, Kamala’s is ostensibly more apologetic (except for the most lethal army in the world bit), but in the end, it’s the same thing.
I was hopeful Kamala was different than Biden, too, but so far, she has not shown any difference whatsoever. To believe otherwise is naive, it’s trusting in the same lie that’s been repeated for months and led to nothing. She’d have to say something concrete to change my mind again, like she’s replacing Blinken with someone more progressive or she will agree to stop vetoing resolutions against Israel, or something. Just saying you’re going to work at a ceasefire without saying how is just running on vibes.
Kamala wants a ceasefire and Trump does not. These positions are not the same. With Kamala we have a chance to make things better. With Trump they will only get worse. The fact Israel is sabotaging efforts to achieve a ceasefire is not indicative that Kamala does not mean what she says. Wanting things to get better and wanting them to get worse are not the same.
Kamala chose Tim Walz over Josh Shapiro, a Zionist. Kamala met with leaders of the Uncommitted Movement. So Kamala has shown she is going to be different than Biden.
Kamala is getting rid of Blinken. They phrased it as Blinken wouldn’t stay even if she asked, but she’s not asking. It’s safe to assume that there will be a change in US foreign policy for the better where the US will be less lenient to Israel. Again, considering how the US position on Israel has not changed in 70 years this is a substantial improvement. Democrats got rid of Biden and put Kamala in his place on the ticket. It is possible to move the needle further, but we need our democracy in order to do that. Under a christo-fascist dictatorship US foreign policy can only get worse.
She says she wants a ceasefire but none of her actions have indicated as such in interviews or the DNC. You can’t just ask for one from Netanyahu, you have to use leverage. If she refuses to do so before negotiations even start, then it doesn’t matter what she says, she won’t get that ceasefire. Biden also has said he wants one, for example. Don’t be Charlie Brown with the football.
However, I will have to admit I didn’t know Blinken isn’t staying on, which does make me breathe a sigh of relief. I’m also glad for Walz, or was in the beginning, but he hasn’t been much better lately. Historically, he’s been better than Shapiro, who volunteered to run Hasbara for the IDF, but lately his rhetoric has been the same. Hopefully she impresses, but I wouldn’t bet on it.
And the US has smacked Israel down before. It’s weird that Biden is to the right of Kissinger and Reagan on Israel.
They only replaced Biden because they were afraid of losing the election. The election is where all the leverage is. After that, there’s nothing, no power that can be exercised that those in charge care about (except for money, but the ones with that are right leaning and Zionists).
Thanks for the article on Blinken, though. That’s some much needed good news in these sad times. It’d be better if he was tried at the Hague but at least he won’t in power still if she wins.
An election is an exercise in basic civic duty that should be a mechanical choice. It is not leverage. Leverage is building grassroots movements between elections. If we lose our democracy there will be no Democratic Party to leverage against. Republicans want a christo-fascist dictatorship and want to jail their political opponents.
If we keep our democracy it will be possible to vote for candidates to the left of Kamala. Without it we will have fascists running the country who will not give up power freely.
Here’s a website for searching what Republicans want to do on your favorite issues:
Kamala has already said they won’t institute an arms embargo, which is basically the one material thing she can do to restrict Israel, and has put all the blame on Iran. Without that on the table and the other rhetoric, she’s saying the same thing as Trump but with nicer words, she will allow them to finish the job. Sure she’s covering it by saying she’ll try for a ceasefire, but so has Biden for months now and that’s gone well. The war with Iran she’s hinting at is basically Biden’s policy and it plays right into Israel’s hand. It let’s them continue the he genocide, avoid a ceasefire, take more land, keep elections suspended and Bibi in power, and let’s us continue to destabilize the Middle East as we have always done. Trump’s rhetoric is bloodthirsty, Kamala’s is ostensibly more apologetic (except for the most lethal army in the world bit), but in the end, it’s the same thing.
I was hopeful Kamala was different than Biden, too, but so far, she has not shown any difference whatsoever. To believe otherwise is naive, it’s trusting in the same lie that’s been repeated for months and led to nothing. She’d have to say something concrete to change my mind again, like she’s replacing Blinken with someone more progressive or she will agree to stop vetoing resolutions against Israel, or something. Just saying you’re going to work at a ceasefire without saying how is just running on vibes.
Kamala wants a ceasefire and Trump does not. These positions are not the same. With Kamala we have a chance to make things better. With Trump they will only get worse. The fact Israel is sabotaging efforts to achieve a ceasefire is not indicative that Kamala does not mean what she says. Wanting things to get better and wanting them to get worse are not the same.
Kamala chose Tim Walz over Josh Shapiro, a Zionist. Kamala met with leaders of the Uncommitted Movement. So Kamala has shown she is going to be different than Biden.
Kamala is getting rid of Blinken. They phrased it as Blinken wouldn’t stay even if she asked, but she’s not asking. It’s safe to assume that there will be a change in US foreign policy for the better where the US will be less lenient to Israel. Again, considering how the US position on Israel has not changed in 70 years this is a substantial improvement. Democrats got rid of Biden and put Kamala in his place on the ticket. It is possible to move the needle further, but we need our democracy in order to do that. Under a christo-fascist dictatorship US foreign policy can only get worse.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2024/09/05/blinken-kamala-harris/
She says she wants a ceasefire but none of her actions have indicated as such in interviews or the DNC. You can’t just ask for one from Netanyahu, you have to use leverage. If she refuses to do so before negotiations even start, then it doesn’t matter what she says, she won’t get that ceasefire. Biden also has said he wants one, for example. Don’t be Charlie Brown with the football.
However, I will have to admit I didn’t know Blinken isn’t staying on, which does make me breathe a sigh of relief. I’m also glad for Walz, or was in the beginning, but he hasn’t been much better lately. Historically, he’s been better than Shapiro, who volunteered to run Hasbara for the IDF, but lately his rhetoric has been the same. Hopefully she impresses, but I wouldn’t bet on it.
And the US has smacked Israel down before. It’s weird that Biden is to the right of Kissinger and Reagan on Israel.
They only replaced Biden because they were afraid of losing the election. The election is where all the leverage is. After that, there’s nothing, no power that can be exercised that those in charge care about (except for money, but the ones with that are right leaning and Zionists).
Thanks for the article on Blinken, though. That’s some much needed good news in these sad times. It’d be better if he was tried at the Hague but at least he won’t in power still if she wins.
An election is an exercise in basic civic duty that should be a mechanical choice. It is not leverage. Leverage is building grassroots movements between elections. If we lose our democracy there will be no Democratic Party to leverage against. Republicans want a christo-fascist dictatorship and want to jail their political opponents.
If we keep our democracy it will be possible to vote for candidates to the left of Kamala. Without it we will have fascists running the country who will not give up power freely.
Here’s a website for searching what Republicans want to do on your favorite issues:
https://www.25and.me/?topics=