CrankyOldGrinch

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[–] CrankyOldGrinch@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

It would be strategically counterproductive for Israel if their stated intentions were true. This won't make hezbollah "uncouple" from Hamas.

The intention is really to start a war so big the US has to step in, which would be catastrophic for everyone, Israelis included.

[–] CrankyOldGrinch@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

That's the sad truth. Misogyny is not enough of an issue to sway American women as a voting bloc. They get it every day from people close to them and have internalised it to the point where it's not a dealbreaker. Abortion however, is.

[–] CrankyOldGrinch@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Sounds like the calculus is simple. You either push your candidate to embrace a solution that has majority support with the democratic party voter base or risk losing a chunk of voters who've decided that genocide is their red line. I don't see how attempting to browbeat them is going to work. Especially as doing that gives license to the democratic party to shift the Overton window even further right.

[–] CrankyOldGrinch@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Idk, American support for Israel doesn't seem like it would stretch to risking US troops. Weapons are one thing, American lives are another.

I could see Trump trying to fob this onto Blackwater or whatever they're called now.