War

We fund the Saudi War in Yemen

NOW IN POWER, KEY ANTI-WAR DEMOCRATS SOFTEN ON SAUDI WAR IN YEMEN

We badger Iran constantly and fund the Israeli war machine that has and may again attack Iran and other neighbors.

Iran and Europe are working on a peaceful way out. The US and Israel don't seem to want a peaceful way out.

IT’S NOT EASY TO GET BACK TO THE JCPOA

Since those early days, a certain faction of American think tanks have campaigned against the JCPOA, first against negotiations and then for US abrogation. They want war with Iran. They want Iran removed from the face of the earth. They lie a lot. The Foundation for the Defense of democracies (FDD), far too often quoted in the New York Times, is one of them.

Corporate Ds aren't going to stop any war. 

Trumpers and the last few normal Rs like wars more than the Corporate Ds. 

Progressives are the only anti-war group in town.

Why so much war? Jeffrey St. Clair 

+ The Pentagon never has to beg for money or negotiate with the likes of Manchin and Sinema. They don’t have to worry about which bases to shutter or weapons systems to cut during economic hard times or global pandemics. It doesn’t matter which party is in power, the Pentagon gets what it wants, when it wants it. Often, as in this year, it gets more than it asked for, even as it (allegedly) wraps up its forever wars.

+ Why this happens isn’t much of a mystery. The political economic of Congress runs on contributions from Pentagon contractors. An analysis by Steve Semler shows that the House members who voted to increase the Pentagon budget by $37 billion took nearly three times more campaign cash from weapons companies than those who voted against the increase. They don’t even try to hide their tracks any more.