Coming under fire from the left for the glaring contradiction of providing military assistance to a state that is perpetrating an active genocide, AOC issued a statement claiming her vote was about protecting civilians. AOC’s statement is absolute crap. The Iron Dome is not used for defending, it’s used to facilitate constant attacks. In an article for Jewish Currents titled “Iron Dome Is Not a Defensive System,” Dylan Saba explains:
“‘In theory, a weapon like Iron Dome could be used only defensively. But in practice it doesn’t work that way,’ analyst Nathan Thrall told Jewish Currents. ‘Iron Dome facilitates greater Israeli offensive measures, because it lowers the perceived cost to Israel of escalating or extending or initiating attacks.’ In other words, while the Iron Dome may prevent the deaths of Israeli non-combatants, it has made it easier for Israel to engage in deadly operations that take Palestinian lives.”
The Iron Dome isn’t for protecting civilians, it’s for protecting the Israeli regime from deterrence. We see this in the comfort the regime displays in waging constant military violence on its neighbors knowing they can’t retaliate. That’s why Israel cut a ceasefire deal with Iran so fast.
Iran’s advanced missiles can’t be reliably stopped by the Iron Dome, so Iran was able to smash Israel and force it to cease its unprovoked aggressions. If Israel had had a missile defense system which could casually swat those missiles out of the sky at a high rate of success, Israel would still be bombing Iran today, and would continue doing so until Tehran looked like Gaza. Israel’s war-horny population would have supported this, because they’d have no skin in the game.
This is the whole ‘don’t vote for anyone other than Trump because they’re not hard enough against Trump’s agenda’ BS propaganda. Because the leftish person isn’t left enough for you doesn’t mean they’re worse than the person on the right. Media going after AOC right now is a concerted effort to smear the name of a leading young and powerful leftist. No one is going to be perfect, but hot damn is it easy to see how much these people frighten the establishment. The smear campaigns are on over drive for her and the new guy in NYC, Mamdani.
Stop vilifying the person who is leaps and bounds better than their contenders… just because they’re not perfect.
For the non-worlders seeing this message,
Politics isn't about your identity. It isn't about getting a "leftist" in power (which is just an identity label). Politics is about making useful things happen. And having a congresswoman who cons dissenting opinions into pointless liberalism is dangerous and counter-productive.
Don't vote for anyone who doesn't oppose genocide.
Palestine is the ultimate litmus test.
If the politician is willing to murder Palestinians for votes, they don't care about you either.
unbelievable that it needs to be said,
do not vote for anyone who supports a genocide. Amd if you do, you will have to admit proudly that you support genocide, no buts, not if.
They should be able to look at a starving Palestinian baby amputee and tell them that it was worth it.
@NJSpradlin @geneva_convenience
The liberal Americans with your fucked up definition of "left" and "too-left" or "far-left" who can't ever see the difference between right or wrong and always NEED to choose the lesser evil because 90% of the time you have to choose between 2 evils only to think about what is good for you personally.
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Yeah, genocide is bad ...but have you seen the CHEETO?!?!
Fuck off.
Fuck off
@NJSpradlin @geneva_convenience
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It is a disgust and sad mindset that made me more and more convince that you DESERVE Trump, he is the best of America for the world, a naked version of what US was, is and always will be towards the rest of the word.
Unfortunately for you, he is practicing the very very light version of CIA backed US foreign policy on YOU and for what you guys are angry and upset.
Genocide apologist
Meh, look at op. They've spammed this crap everywhere.
It'll be OK though because their conscience will be clear while the genocide rages harder and a shit ton else gets worse because no one passed their purity test.
And progressives wonder why they can't ever get shit done. Exhibit a.
It's incredibly easy to do, too. All you have to do is cast across the length and breadth of every single thing any particular leftist person has ever done, pick the one that can be interpreted the worst, and spin it up into the entirety of their being.
Putin killed a million Russian soldiers and God knows how many Ukrainians, bombed a bunch of cities on purpose, and all the rest of it? Well... it's complicated. Let's make sure we look at the whole picture. Here, I've got a pamphlet.
AOC voted against one doomed amendment from Marjorie Taylor Greene which was (to all appearances) actually accidentally a good idea because it was defunding Israel, and then had a pretty unconvincing explanation as to why? Literal genocider. Fuck her forever, she's the enemy now and nothing else matters.