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definitely not now, if it ever was

Also it relied on Israel presenting itself as a relatively normal western nation. Netanyahu leading a coalition of absolute freaks and going fuckin Grima on the old orange bastard shattered that illusion. God willing the election in October goes well for the left.

*All* foreign policy politics in the US is about elite persuasion; foreign policy lobbying does not work the same way as domestic policy lobbying - it's not party-polarized, the thinktanks are all different, etc. Even here, that there was mass politics for supporting Ukraine was unusual.

I made a video about this almost 3 years ago www.ryanlcooper.com/the-socialis...

She’s the co chair and just stated her position as “we.”

I hope so! It still feels like a lot of ukranazi jokes and blaming it all on NATO though!

I think it's also very important to remember how small a percentage of left of center voters believe some of the crazier things like "Ukraine needs more diplomats" or "abolish the police". In comparison to a majority on the right believing completely ridiculous things like "global warming is fake".

Has Hasan? He's dialed it back since first dismissing the imminent Russian aggression as bloodthirsty Western propaganda, but he's still among those arguing Ukraine must "give peace a try" (cede territory and sovereignty to the invader) www.reddit.com/r/Destiny/s/...

I don’t think she is tbh. Like the DSA IC is still comprised of utter loons, and I have a strong suspicion she gave this terrible take not because she actually believes it, but to avoid alienating the “Putin’s Russia is anti-imperialist in effect” loons