More on why Senator Chris Coons favors war with Iran over diplomacy
According to this Daily Beat piece by Michael Tomasky the ostensible reason Coons is down on diplomacy because it doesn’t solve all problems in the middle east tomorrow. That’s some transparent bullshit, because nobody ever said that this deal was supposed to solve all middle eastern problems (or even the ones caused by George Bush) with the stroke of a pen.
But I think we all know the real reasons. 1) AIPAC says so. and 2) He thinks there is some political/career gain from building up this image as some kind of Dem hawk. I don’t get #2, but his track record is pretty clear.
h/t a commenter for the link
Amen.
“It seems on the face of it from press accounts to meet most of the goals that were set.” He hadn’t read it yet, but he’d read enough about it to draw a few conclusions.
So he hasn’t read it….but he knows what he doesn’t like about it
let me get something straight and try not to rip my fucking keyboard (wireless keyboard so no real ripping, but it sounds more dramatic) from my computer while I process what I’m understanding.
Liberals negotiate. Period. That’s what we’ve been identified as? So again it’s this bullshit (typing really hard now!!!) false equivalent that either you want to go to war with a country that for all intents and purpose would result in one huge fuck up of a long term conflict that would unleash hell on America domestically (harder typing now!!!!)
or you are everything else besides liberal?
what in the wild fucking (slowing down and calming down….) world of false equivalents, red herrings and straw men do we live in.
I HATE THEM!!!! (keyboard smashes against wall)
I’m on fire again!!!!
“Coons told me he had a lengthy phone call with Joe Biden on Tuesday, and “that’s precisely what I was discussing with the vice president.” He said he’d let Biden speak for himself, but he did tell me that he pressed Biden on questions like what we’d be doing to beef up our commitments to our allies and to check Iranian influence.”
What is with this nonsense that Democrats have to stand up to the Whitehouse? So now we need to establish that Coons is some independent patriot that asks tough questions of the white house (respectfully of course because he “let Biden speak”) S
Just fucking Say Israel alright. Enough with the “allies” wink wink wink wink wink. Who the hell else are our allies over there?
(moved to laptop keyboard fyi)
“Just fucking Say Israel alright. Enough with the “allies” wink wink…”
Word.
Considering The UK.France and Germany are our negotiation partners
Great point.