I've heard all kinds of arguments by establishment #USDemocrats about the #US war on #Iran, how bad the strategy was, how its end-goal shifted from regime change to reopening of the Strait, the lack of an exit strategy, that it is "Trump's war", and myriad others, but what I haven't heard is the simple demand:

STOP THE WAR!

Why is that? Why is it that mainstream Democrats can only allude to but never actually utter this simple demand?

(Adam Smith = progressive Dem) ∉ establishment

#USpol

@65dBnoise

Because war is good for business.

And the kind of business that benefits from war donate money to both republicans and democrats.

it's also, you know, a bullshit claim

I say this with full confidence that the Democrats in congress are spineless enablers and are not doing enough to stop the idiocy coming out of the white house but like

https://democraticwhip.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/house-democratic-leadership-statement-on-donald-trump-s-threat-to-kill-a-whole-civilization

https://x.com/SenSchumer/status/2041505371940958335

https://x.com/ChrisVanHollen/status/2041588430375669943

https://democrats-armedservices.house.gov/2026/4/natsec-dems-demand-trump-negotiate-diplomatic-end-to-his-war-of-choice-with-iran

turns out that one duckduck go search for a specific string of words does not in fact lay your finger on the pulse of American political rhetoric

CC: @[email protected]
House Democratic Leadership Statement on Donald Trump's Threat to Kill a Whole Civilization

Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark, Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar, Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Ted Lieu, Assistant Democratic Leader Joe Neguse and DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene released the following statement:

Katherine Clark Democratic Whip

@khm

Talk is cheap.

Numbers, on the other hand...

https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus?cycle=2024&ind=D

Defense Sector Summary

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oh for sure, no absolution for these fucks. but talk was the claim, and it was an easily disprovable one