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Lochloosa

(16,662 posts)
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 12:42 PM Jun 2025

Fetterman

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Breaking from many of his Democratic colleagues, Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, an outspoken supporter of Israel, also praised the attacks on Iran. “As I’ve long maintained, this was the correct move by @POTUS,” he posted. “Iran is the world’s leading sponsor of terrorism and cannot have nuclear capabilities.”

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ck4829

(37,389 posts)
1. Hey, Israel's great, we should adopt their healthcare system. Fetterman?
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 12:43 PM
Jun 2025

Shouldn’t “stand with Israel”/“solidarity with Israel” mean a little more than having all the same enemies Israel has?

Let’s show some real solidarity with Israel and adopt their healthcare system.

Let’s cut out the antisemitism of preferring bankruptcies and early deaths over having the same kind of healthcare system Israel has.

Who’s with me?

Jilly_in_VA

(13,783 posts)
7. I hate to say it
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 01:37 PM
Jun 2025

because I really liked him, but that stroke caused more severe brain damage than anyone lets on and he should resign. Not that you could tell him that or anything. But consider this---a stroke is as much a traumatic brain injury as if someone were hit with a baseball going 94 mph, or clobbered with a baseball bat. It's just from an internal source instead of external. His wife or someone needs to lean on him---HARD.

Ping Tung

(4,121 posts)
3. Because I do it with one small ship, I am called a terrorist
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 12:47 PM
Jun 2025
Because I do it with one small ship, I am called a terrorist. You do it with a whole fleet and are called an emperor.

A pirate, from St. Augustine's "City of God"

stillcool

(34,407 posts)
4. owes somebody something
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 12:54 PM
Jun 2025

easy enough to just put out the party line. Hope it's worth it, but how much does a soul cost?

 

purple_haze

(401 posts)
5. I agree with this quote
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 12:56 PM
Jun 2025

“Iran is the world’s leading sponsor of terrorism and cannot have nuclear capabilities.”

I just hate the fact that the US had to get involved.

ck4829

(37,389 posts)
6. The fact that our government calls it "terrorism" when Iran is involved is a factor
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 01:31 PM
Jun 2025

I mean, it’s not “terrorism” when the FSB is poisoning dissidents in NATO countries or when the Wagner Group is doing human rights abuses in Syria or Mali.

The fact that those two groups are not Iranian but Russian is a key reason why.

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