There may be enough defections to block a war powers resolution, although a few libertarian Republicans could join those in favor. The split also exposes a deeper unease within Democratic ranks over how robustly to confront Iran and how far to go in backing Israeli military action. There are also political traps as Republicans accuse them of lacking patriotism and ignoring the Iranian diaspora who have taken to the streets to celebrate Khamenei’s downfall.

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    Meet me in the middle says the Republican. You take a step forward, they take a step back. Meet me in the middle says the Republican.

    Democratic leadership needs to change, and when someone in their party turns Republican, they need to put them. It’s fucking absurd.

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    Could you imaging being such a worthless party that you can’t achieve unity or coherence on a deeply unpopular absurd, and objectively pointless war?

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    You mean there’s ANOTHER Extremely Popular Political move we can do in An ELECTION year that would ALSO save TONS of Lives and More Importantly MONEY? Let’s NOT do that One Either!

    -Democrats!