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[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 days ago (2 children)

This is the Democratiic parties election platform 2024 (see P82/P83):

Through aggressive diplomacy backed by U.S. military power, the Administration has worked alongside our allies and partners to deter and defend against Iran and its terrorist surrogates. President Biden has postured U.S. military forces in the region and authorized precision airstrikes on key Iranian-linked targets tied to attacks against U.S. troops to deter further aggression by Iran. President Biden has also continued to protect the American people from terrorism, authorizing military strikes that took out ISIS emirs and the leader of Al Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri. In response to brazen attacks by Iranian-linked Houthi forces against international commercial shipping, U.S. naval vessels in the Red Sea, and Israel, President Biden ordered military strikes, alongside key allies, against Houthi targets and organized Operation Prosperity Guardian, a coalition of more than 20 nations committed to defending international shipping and deterring Houthi attacks.

When Iran launched more than 300 missiles and drones against Israel in April 2024, President Biden led an unprecedented defensive coalition – together with partners from Europe and across the Middle East – to defeat the attack, protect Israel, and stop the spread of a wider war. Through direct defensive action by the U.S. military and its partners, Iranian munitions did not cause significant damage, demonstrating both America’s ironclad commitment to the security of Israel and our unrivaled ability to leverage growing regional integration among U.S. partners to counter Iranian aggression.

All of this stands in sharp contrast to Trump's fecklessness and weakness in the face of Iranian aggression during his presidency. In 2018, when Iranian-backed militias repeatedly attacked the U.S. consulate in Basra, Iraq Trump’s only response was to close our diplomatic facility.

They are literally calling Trump "weak" for not engaging militarily enough. There is no indication the DNC would not have bombed Iran after Israel initiated the war of aggression. Senior democrats like senate leader Chuck Schumer praised Israels "self defense" ffs.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, this goes beyond Trump/Biden. Bombing brown people in the Middle East is an all-American tradition.

It’s not right, of course, but it’ll take more than just a party change to solve that problem.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I will say at least when democrats do it, it's usually with prior authorization from congress. Doesn't make the result better but it does at least mean they're following the legal framework that provides us the way to change it. When it's done without that you just have a dictator.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago

Have a sad sad upvote.