Iran could easily allow China-bound ships and shut out everyone else, which they'll probably do if China pushes for it.
NoneOfUrBusiness
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Let's try that. Death to America, and Israel while we're at it.
Okay can we not glorify America's 21st century batch of war criminals?
The buck stops with him, so he speaks alone and takes sole responsibility for the decision, and it's consequences.
That has literally never happened in my lifetime.
Not quite. It was a liberal democracy until the US helped topple it and install the Shah, who was then toppled by Khomeini.
Haven't Iran been publicly developing nukes though?
Nope. Literally nobody at all except Netanyahu is saying that. Western leaders use more vague phrasing because they know they can't back up any concrete claims with evidence.
Your argument, if it can even be called that, isn't proving anything at all. Pelosi isn't doing these particular things, but she has her own list of crimes.
And 2015, and 2005, and 1995, etc etc.
Better? What the heck is "better"? Is putting Republicans in a Democratic president's cabinet "better"? Is completing the border wall "better"? Is supporting genocide and cracking down on protests "better"? Is the "most lethal army in the world" better? Biden failed all the most important tests put before him, and Harris was campaigning on being worse than Biden. There's at least a conversation to be had if we're talking lesser evil, but better? No fucking way.
Here's the thing: To work towards such a party you need to have both a carrot and a stick; surrendering unconditionally and hoping they'll generously grant you the opportunity to represent your leftwing ideals was always folly. In 2024 the DNC basically gave a massive middle finger to progressives, multiple in fact, which was going to lead to disaster if someone somewhere didn't whack them over the head and force them to change course. Uncommitted was supposed to be that, but they were met with scorn by people who kept screaming "vote blue no matter who." Well here's the thing: "vote blue no matter who" destroys Democrat turnout, because to your average voter voting for a party that stands for nothing is a very hard sell. It was change the Democrats while there was still time or bust, and America chose bust. There was no winning with a Democratic party that, to reiterate, stood and still stands for nothing.
The all or nothing mindset is why we have a fascist in office currently.
Non-voters were predominantly moderates, not leftists, so no. The people you're trying to criticize here for the most part voted for Harris.
For Obama, setting aside the war on terror business and keeping Guantanamo open, enjoy. There's no definition of the word "war criminal" that doesn't include Obama.