Democrats want Trump to start a war
Leading Democrats have found another reason to praise Donald Trump.
Last week’s swift and decisive actions left Trump’s critics on Capitol Hill stunned. The same administration that was slow-walking new Russia sanctions enacted in August did an about-face by working closely with Congress on the Magnitsky sanctions. The praise heaped upon Trump and his administration has come from unlikely sources: Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
You may be thinking, "Yeh, but that's all about Russia."
It's not. It's just the latest in a pattern.
Democrats praised Trump this week for another reason.
The top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee praised the Trump administration for new sanctions imposed against North Korea by the United Nations.
"That was a good move. That was a major accomplishment. I give our team a lot of credit for getting that done. They're pretty strong additional sanctions to be imposed against North Korea because of their continued testing of ballistic missiles," Ben Cardin, D-Md., said on “Fox News Sunday.”
Democrats also supported Trump with sanctions on Iran.
In case there was any misunderstanding, these sanctions increase the chances of war.
They increase the chance of war with Russia.
Having grown into an inescapable political phenomenon, “Russiagate” abets the chances of war with Moscow in at least three ways. It depicts Russia as a “hostile nation.” It has crippled Trump’s promise to ease tensions by cooperating with Moscow. And it discourages anti–Cold War voices in American mainstream media and politics.
In the past, liberal Democrats did not always, initially, or unanimously oppose such practices, but eventually many of them did so, as during the Vietnam War and the run-up to the invasion of Iraq. But for more than a year the Democratic Party, including leading liberals, as well as influential media outlets associated with them, have been deeply complicit in promoting “Russiagate,” with few if any mainstream exceptions.
So what happened during the last year or so to change liberal Democrats?
It's a legacy of Hillary Clinton's campaign.
But on foreign policy, the Democrats have been largely adrift. The pursuit of Trump campaign collusion with Russian hacking in the last election has fueled inflated warnings about the threat posed by Russia. The neocons, always fervent cold warriors, used that opening to reach out to the Democratic national security establishment.
The hysterical war mongering by the Democrats against Russia has a knock-off effect on the rest of Trump's foreign policy, specifically Iran.
In Congress today, Democrats plan to slap Donald Trump on Russia while giving him a green light to do serious damage to the Iran deal — perhaps even setting the stage for military confrontation.
...Last month, Democrats joined Republicans in voting 98-2 for new Iran sanctions. The only 2 who voted against it were the Senate’s iconoclasts, Bernie Sanders and Rand Paul.
Of course the best example of Democratic warmongering is their near universal praise for bombing Syria, who is a close ally of Russia and Iran.
This is in contrast to the almost complete silence about our destruction of the cities of Mosul and Raqqa, while killing thousands of innocent civilians.
It's not hard to believe that Trump will want to do something that is bipartisan during his administration, if only because it will make his legacy look better.
The Democrats have already signalled what that something should be. War.
My guess is that it'll be war with Iran. Our final, disastrous stage in the GWOT.
Sadly, it isn't just the politicians. Democratic voters have come around to supporting war criminals like John McCain and George W. Bush.
Next up is Dick Cheney and Donald Trump.
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Gag and double Gag. DLCrapola/Turd Wayers can love
the MICC/GOPuke Fascists all they want. More reason for we Indies not to come back. gjohnsit: how is your Holiday Season coming? I know you had some serious medical issues earlier this year. Rec'd for your usual excellent work.
Inner and Outer Space: the Final Frontiers.
@orlbucfan How are you doing
How are you doing physically? I'm disabled myself so no offense here, just concern.
Inner and Outer Space: the Final Frontiers.
No to Iraqing Iran
same pattern
Who Needs Evidence?
Trump has Fake News! and Democrats have Russiagate!
"They'll say we're disturbing the peace, but there is no peace. What really bothers them is that we are disturbing the war." Howard Zinn
Yee-haw!!
Well, come on all of you big, strong men,
Uncle Sam needs your help again.
Way down yonder in Tay-Hey-Ron,
Kicking ass for the Pentagon.
Put down your game-boy, pick up a gun
We're gonna have a whole lotta fun
And it's one, two, three,
What are we fighting for?
Don't ask me, I don't understand,
Next stop is in Eye-Ran;
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why,
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.
Come on mothers throughout the land,
Pack your boys off to fight Eye-Ran.
Come on fathers, don't hesitate
Send your sons off before it's too late.
Be the first ones on your block
To have your boy come home in a box.
And it's one, two, three,
What are we fighting for?
Don't ask me, I don't understand,
Next stop is in Eye-Ran;
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why,
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.
[With apologies to Country Joe & The Fish]
great song edg
thinkin its time for a new woodstock, 200,000 dfh's singing and chanting, see how the militarized pinkertons respond to that. Won't go well if they use the stupid sonic and water cannons on 'em like the water protectors. Bad visuals. and it's 2, 3, 4 what are we fighting for? stop the (gimme an f) wars.
@edg
And congratulations to you from me, for the modern adaptation. Maybe more catchy, singable anti-war songs might help wake more people up, get them more aware and start more widely-spread protest happening - something has to.
Psychopathy is not a political position, whether labeled 'conservatism', 'centrism' or 'left'.
A tin labeled 'coffee' may be a can of worms or pathology identified by a lack of empathy/willingness to harm others to achieve personal desires.
2nd that
A truth of the nuclear age/climate change: we can no longer have endless war and survive on this planet. Oh sh*t.
Great tune.
Enjoy. I'm feeling my age. Like whatever.
Rec'd!
Inner and Outer Space: the Final Frontiers.
Nothing makes a chickenhawk look tougher
than sending someone else's kid to die.
The real SparkyGump has passed. It was an honor being your human.
This is what I would like to ask the kos kids
if they will approve a war against Russia if Trump decides to do it. They agree with Her that Russia attacked our country when they meddled in the election. Her has said these words many times since she lost. There are numerous articles that say that the Russian election propaganda is one way to get people on board with it.
Russia has been watching the military buildup that has been going on for a few years, before the damn election was over.
Putin accuses US of violating Cold War-era nuclear pact
The US is also spending $200 million buildup European airbases that flank Russia. Putin says that his military got plenty of practice during the Syrian war.
I'm not surprised to hear that DiFi is okay with the sanctions against Iran. I don't think she has not voted for every war since she has been in congress. Her husband has made a lot of money off the wars. What conflict of interest?
Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.
sd Apparently the targets of
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Current push are not sitting idle.
...
A truth of the nuclear age/climate change: we can no longer have endless war and survive on this planet. Oh sh*t.
All these wars just run
into each other. Is there any difference between the new war and the old war?
Endless War policy vs progress
... Powerful...
A truth of the nuclear age/climate change: we can no longer have endless war and survive on this planet. Oh sh*t.
The MIC is a very powerful political entity.
Those who serve the MIC, such as George W. Bush, Hillary Clinton etc., are the most protected people in the world, regardless of what they have done.
The MIC and all of its puppets are above the law.
Mike Taylor
MT I was stunned and furious
at how helpless we were in the face of deep state corruption of Bush I.
Letting that stand provided so many openings for more perception management by TPTB.
A truth of the nuclear age/climate change: we can no longer have endless war and survive on this planet. Oh sh*t.
The Iran Nuclear deal was a success.
However Iran appears to be determined to prevent another takeover by the West?
A truth of the nuclear age/climate change: we can no longer have endless war and survive on this planet. Oh sh*t.
@divineorder
Where the insatiable bully demands that all targeted victims lay down their defenses and lie down to be passively trampled...
They all have to band and stand together against TPTB. Too bad that such terrorists are using us as large-scale 'civilian shields', to left out to fry when the defensive bombs start coming back in our direction, while they crawl off to their luxury bunkers, and their own well-stocked end of the world 'restaurants' - to see what happens when their bunkers crack and the power fails and there's nowhere else left for them to go either, because of their own reckless and ruthless acts.
Psychopathy is not a political position, whether labeled 'conservatism', 'centrism' or 'left'.
A tin labeled 'coffee' may be a can of worms or pathology identified by a lack of empathy/willingness to harm others to achieve personal desires.