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Democrats Have Been Handed an Antiwar Mandate — and the Opportunity to Enact It (truthout.org)
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[–] 1 point 2 days ago (2 children)

I wish Iran sanctions get lifted and peaceful attitude towards Iran. I literally am more dedicated to this than anyone in US congress.

In terms of what issue to threaten government shutdown over prior to new congress and soon enough that is practical, full sanctions relief with no negotiated gain, do not make the list.

Achieving a US popular and politically realist outcome FORCED on Trump ASAP (Dec 11th) can get Republican politicians to accept:

  1. Cutting short a losing war is better than losing for 2 more years.
  2. Oil price relief good for all Americans.
  3. Dysfunctional white house access and domination of Israel first views corrupted decision/strategy for war.
  4. Harming Iranians does not prosper Americans. Only dark evil Israel supremacist fucks, to the last American, thirsts for this.

This is a long debate for establishment to work through, but to get to a budget that removes sanctions enforcement, and a budget is the only tool with any influence over WH, is going outside of the above winning 4 pressure points.

Blaming Israel for the war and defeat is something JD Vance and Don Jr. are open to. Letting GOP take this view alone so as not to insult Trump too much is good politics and good for Americans. But a radical liberation shift.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago* (1 child)

    But this is not about what is realistic. In the first place, politics is about making your own demands, and then a politician will have to satisfy those and probably meet everyone in the middle. But there is no reason to water down these demands yourself.

    If enough people ask for the unrealistic thing, then it becomes realistic.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago

    "opportunity to enact it" is topic of thread. First opportunity is entirely about Dec 11th budget deadline. Goal shouldn't be a shutdown, but a strong position to force avoiding shutdown that gets just a few congressional republican votes to get over majority, with perhaps JD Vance casting tie breaking vote (with dem majority) to pass the budget that ends Iran war.

    OP was about inside baseball, and I posted about the inside baseball. Dec 11th budget is near term power play. It is huge near term political event.

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