Why Dems Keep Saying Trump Has “No Plan” Instead of Calling to End the War With Iran

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/65360471

Why Dems Keep Saying Trump Has “No Plan” Instead of Calling to End the War With Iran - Divisions by zero

>A party that built its message around a strong, firm, and unequivocal case to end this war now would very suddenly draw attention to the undoubtedly dozens of congressional Democrats who would not echo this line. So what we get instead is limp process critiques, demanding pointless hearings, and bizarre attacks that Trump is not doing regime change fast enough. Polls repeatedly show the most common criticism of Democrats is not that they are too far left or too anti-war, but that they are too weak, that they don’t stand for anything. >Centering criticism of a deeply unpopular war on those carrying it out for not filling out the right paperwork or producing a satisfactory slideshow — rather than making clear, normative objections to a war of aggression — feeds directly into this perception. But perhaps it’s a perception Democratic leaders, and the pro-war, pro-Israel donors who fund their political careers, would prefer over the alternative.

Saying he has “no plan” is more effective because it attacks his self image.

Democrats calling to end the war would just be ignored.

Democrats calling to end the war would just be ignored.

Also it would piss off their bosses, Israel and the military industrial complex

We can’t be giving the people what they want, now can we?