Studies consistently show economic sanctions empower the regime leaders while depleting the middle class, which is the main engine of leading for democratic transitions.
A war with Iran would be far worse.
American here. Since when did anyone in Washington do anything we wanted to happen?
Trump is going to order the deaths a bunch of Iranians so people won’t ask questions about the Epstein files.
Yeah, I hate the blanket hate received just for being American. I can say all I want about how much I hate something or support something, and they do whatever fills their bank account anyway.
Don’t get me wrong, doing nothing will help percievably less, but until we hit public militia stage, nothing I personally can do will make a difference.
But I’m still at fault for being an American while my representatives misrepresent me.
Sorry for the short rant. Like I said, maybe confirmation bias, but I’ve seen a lot of hate/dismissal of Americans in general as opposed to our ‘leadership’ on lemmy.
Michael Scott declaring bankruptcy, but he’s saying no war instead.
