If they're capable of closing the valve, why haven't they? They either complain they don't have the votes to make a difference; or when they do have the votes, they say "this is the time to compromise" or whatever lame excuse to continue to do nothing.

A prerequisite to getting into a position where one is "capable of closing the valve" is to prove, beyond any doubt, that they are not a person who could ever dream of closing that valve. Even a little bit.

You are being one of those "ignore the flesh stripping blast" as you tell others that "throwing suspicion" is "not relevant". Motherfucker we've been throwing a lot more than just suspicion at them for 50+ years and they won't do shit. I'm glad you've got enough bodies between you and that nozzle so that the level of inaction is irrelevant to you, but that's not true for your shields.

If you look at a forest fire, you can't do anything, so the thing is to weather it out/ contain it and try to prevent it happening. Looking at a trash can fire, you try to put it out before it gets out of hand.