To AOC....

[jcmaine72]

Thanks for trying. No need for tears. You are the future of our Party and nation. With you leading the way, hopefully someday soon the tax dollars of the average American will be directed to where they are really needed most - Housing, infrastructure, education and environmental healing.

Thanks again.

Signed,

A Citizen.

[applegrove]

1. What happened? I've been watching HGTV.

[PoliticAverse]

2. See...

AOC ‘cries’ after Democrats thwart Squad attempt to defund Israel’s Iron Dome
https://news.yahoo.com/aoc-cries-democrats-thwart-squad-000019975.html

[bottomofthehill]

5. The vote was 420-9.

Really, Iron Dome is not an offensive weapon. It is a shield for the people of Israel.

[PoliticAverse]

6. Which is why the people of Israel should pay for it. n/t

[jcmaine72]

7. +1000000

[bottomofthehill]

14. We can support iron dome or we can not support

And fever the Israelis free rain to try to secure their homeland themselves. There would be a much greater loss of life if they go at it in their own.

[question everything]

21. They do. All foreign aid has strings attached. Most of the aid has to be turned back for other

payments.

Also, this country is now learning how to use it in our borders.

[Bettie]

13. Their government should pay for it, not ours

It should not be prioritized over health care for people here or any of our domestic priorities.

[JI7]

8. Really ? defund something that protects against attacks from the other side ?

[wellst0nev0ter]

9. Can't wait till we fund an Iron Dome for the Palestinians

[JI7]

10. The get money also but clearly doesn't go towards doing anything for the people

The leaders are just enriching themselves.

[wellst0nev0ter]

11. How much aid do the Palestinians get compared to the Israelis?

Be honest and show your math. Keep in mind there are more Palestinians than Israelis.

[JI7]

12. What does it matter ? The money is mostly going to enrich their leaders .

[question everything]

22. And can you not wait for the Gazans to accept LGBT among themselves?

And can you not wait for the Gazans to have a real democracy instead of torturing and killing opponents?

And can you not wait for all the funds that the Gazans get from the Gulf Stated be used to promote democracy, healthcare and economic success instead of developing missiles and digging tunnels?

[wellst0nev0ter]

23. What does that have to do with my critique?

Gazans should not be ruled by Hamas.

Gazans should not be bombed by Israel who use Hamas as a foil.

People can hold two ideas at the same time.

[wellst0nev0ter]

24. This will be my last reply in this thread

Don't want to risk this discussion devolving into a general I-P slugfest.

[question everything]

25. If you think that Israeli uses Hamas as a foil you need to learn some more

if you care. The last thing Israel wants is an enemy that continually sends missiles and rockets and burning balloon over its border.

You may want to look at the map of the area to see the damage that Gaza causes and for what? Do they really think that they can eliminate Israel?

No, like many dictatorships - and the Arab rulers have used if for decades - blaming Israel for everything, using the Palestinians refugees act as a distraction from their own mistreatment of their own people.

[jcmaine72]

4. Nothing but the usual crap we see in D.C.

AOC, as befits a genuinely compassionate person who cares, got a little emotional today when she was on the losing side of a minor battle in a war that she will ultimately be on the winning side of.

[applegrove]

3. Thanks. I'm against bombs and the deaths of any civilians so I can't agree.

Maybe AOC would be for Iron Dome for Palestinians aswell as Israel?

[PatrickforB]

15. AOC has solid policies, and she is my favorite Representative, as well as Katie Porter, and the rest

of the sane people who want our tax dollars used for programs that materially benefit us rather than forever wars, 'defense' and feckless tax cuts. Healthcare, stronger Social Security, a K-12 PUBLIC system that is the envy of the world, a strong middle class, support for unions and a REAL Green New Deal.

To my mind, the real coup happened on November 22, 1963. JFK didn't want to go into Vietnam in a big way, and he was too into domestic policy. LBJ wanted a great society but the chicken-hawk crazies, the MIC boys, talked him into a massive war of attrition in Vietnam so the boys in generals' uniforms could play with their toys and shareholders could reap massive profits. Too bad 58,000 of the older members of my generation got killed, and hundreds of thousands more maimed. Because, hey, profits are more important than people! Or so our policies say.

AOC is not 'radical left,' 'extreme left' or any other pejorative label the corporate-owned media put on her. She is sane and has good policy ideas that can help this republic actually BE great - as in great place to live and work and raise families, NOT great in the sense we have lots of sophisticated weapons that can kill lots of people really fast. That isn't great. Wars aren't great.

Peace is great. Policies that help life for everyday families be just a little less hard and stressful are great. This dome thing, not so much.

[JoeOtterbein]

16. What we need in 2028...

...is a Katie/Alexandria ticket!

Please!

[TexasTowelie]

17. No thank you. nt

[Frasier Balzov]

19. Not a Manchin Sinema ticket?

[jcmaine72]

20. Now that's a ticket that would really motivate me....

...to move to Canada (or stay and take up drinking).

That would actually be a match made in heaven for those who genuinely believe that there's ultimately little to no difference between the two political parties. For once, they'd actually be right.

[myohmy2]

18. +1...

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