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[–] -1 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

There is a major budget/shutdown deadline on Dec 11th. Dems must press huge, but ending sanctions on Iran is too far. Allowing these to be used in peaceful negotiations. Instead ending funding for blockade and bases in the region must be a big ask. US establishment/WH want a budget to replensish everything they lost and continue future warmongering power. Letting the region organize itself, and offer carrots for influence, is a path to reducing US budget explosion, avoiding US and world collapse, and bring down fuel prices. There is no logic to continuing or amplifying the war. US can't afford to.

Congress needs to ask for a lot, and WH has a better chance of negotiating with this congress than the next one.

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