• goferking (he/him)
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    4 hours ago

    She would have started if given the chance to. Only difference would be actually asking congress to declare war in Iran after joining Israel on the first strikes

    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/8/kamala-harris-says-iran-is-greatest-adversary-of-us

    Harris was asked whether she would use military force to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, but she said she would not discuss hypotheticals.

    The vice president has repeatedly pledged to continue to arm Israel, citing in part what she calls the threat of Iran, despite growing anger over well-documented Israeli abuses in Gaza and Lebanon.

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      43 minutes ago

      This is total B.S. Kamala Harris gave the standard response to those questions that any American politician gives, i.e. “Say something that doesn’t make you look weak but also doesn’t committ.” That’s why it says “but she said she would not discuss hypotheticals.” She gave a non-comittal answer which her political opposition could not use against her. In real life Biden and Harris were committed to the same route that Obama took, which was to actually make a non-nuclear proliferation deal with Iran.

      Did she support Israel? Yes. But to claim she would’ve started this same war with Iran is simply rediculous.

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        35 minutes ago

        It’s not bs when combined with her acceptance speech as the democratic presidential candidate she proudly proclaimed she’d improve the military, which yes is unfortunately standard for American politicians, by making the most lethal in the world.

        started this same war with Iran is simply rediculous.

        She would be happy to start it, and with Congress’s blessings. Which they are still hoping eagerly to have trump ask them to vote for