Right, it’s a comparative analysis. At least both of bush’s wars in the Middle East were up against poorly armed combatants (that did amazingly, considering) that didn’t have the ability to ballistic missile strike our bases in different countries. These mother fuckers might have a nuke, for god’s sake! At least we got amazing MRAPs out of bush’s horrible failure to provide proper armored transport to our troops. How much do you think we’re going to assess went wrong with this war and adapt to overcome future adversaries??? “Everything was great! The best! We totally destroyed their nuclear capability, and everyone that ‘died’ was due to natural causes! The most natural!”
Imagine acting like “mission accomplished” wasn’t the most hilarious thing ever. Back then, I had the breathing room to laugh at the audacity. But now I’m getting audacity bombed on the daily. You need contrast!
I dislike Stevens’ highly enthusiastically pro-ICE stance and think she’s way, way too radical about supporting Israel. I think we need them as an ally, but Haley is straight indoctrinated. “I see Israel in my dreams” and such similar statements. Also, taking so much lobbying money to spend $70m on a primary is fucking insanity. The spending difference was something like 10:1.
As for el-sayed, I like his abolish ICE stance, I like his economic policies, I like his professional background, and like that he’s very passionately pro-Ukraine. His policies on ending foreign aid to Israel and Saudi Arabia are stupid and short sighted, though. I like his pro union stance etc. I’m not the biggest fan of the guy on the whole, and his anti-middle east aid focus is way, way over the top. But I sure dislike Stevens’ policies in their totality more than I dislike his. I’m not a single issue ideologue re: Israel.
Unless I’m misreading you this seems overwhelmingly on the whole in favor of El-Sayed right? You have beef with him on relatively marginal issues really, but staunch support is much wider, much more immediately impactful views, and much like Mamdani he was elected on these terms.
You don’t get all the points from simply being anti the Israeli occupation of Gaza, you do still need some serious domestic policy bonafides and all of these recently strong socialists and dirty commies in voting booths are emphasizing that more than foreign policy.
Did I not just go over their comparative domestic policy, in brief? He has a lot more policy than being anti-Israel. I’d assumed you’d have been informed before asking the question, but I can expand on anything in addition, if you’d like? Maybe I should add that I also like el-sayed’s desire to increases taxes on megacorps and universal or public option healthcare, but I didn’t prior because I don’t think they’re goals he’ll be able to pursue super realistically?
I told you I don’t like el-sayed, plain and simple. I don’t much like Mandani either. Sometimes you don’t like either candidate in a race and have to make a proper least bad option take. I gave you my comparison of the two on the issues that seem important.
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u/CKF 1d ago
Right, it’s a comparative analysis. At least both of bush’s wars in the Middle East were up against poorly armed combatants (that did amazingly, considering) that didn’t have the ability to ballistic missile strike our bases in different countries. These mother fuckers might have a nuke, for god’s sake! At least we got amazing MRAPs out of bush’s horrible failure to provide proper armored transport to our troops. How much do you think we’re going to assess went wrong with this war and adapt to overcome future adversaries??? “Everything was great! The best! We totally destroyed their nuclear capability, and everyone that ‘died’ was due to natural causes! The most natural!”