60% or more of Americans do not support this war (support is below 35%), yet Congress, which is supposed to represent the will of the people, does nothing to stop it. This despite it having gone past 60 days weeks ago, with the House just passed $70 billion more in funds for the war.
> yet Congress, which is supposed to represent the will of the people, does nothing to stop it
What fraction of those in the Congress do you think will lose their seat over this?
There is a simple truth in most politics: if there isn’t a draft, or there hasn’t been an attack on the homeland, foreign policy is not a top-of-mind issue. This is unfortunately a recurring problem for empires, who can afford to keep conflict far from their shores.
Account for the people think the war is going to bring an entirely fictional End Times, and the support drops to significantly < 5%.
Of course magically rapture the same folk from political power and Washington would be instantly devastated by the air rushing in to fill the resulting vacuum in all three branches.
60% or more of Americans do not support this war (support is below 35%), yet Congress, which is supposed to represent the will of the people, does nothing to stop it. This despite it having gone past 60 days weeks ago, with the House just passed $70 billion more in funds for the war.
> yet Congress, which is supposed to represent the will of the people, does nothing to stop it
What fraction of those in the Congress do you think will lose their seat over this?
There is a simple truth in most politics: if there isn’t a draft, or there hasn’t been an attack on the homeland, foreign policy is not a top-of-mind issue. This is unfortunately a recurring problem for empires, who can afford to keep conflict far from their shores.
87% or so of Americans support Voter ID but they can't manage to get that passed either :(
Account for the people think the war is going to bring an entirely fictional End Times, and the support drops to significantly < 5%.
Of course magically rapture the same folk from political power and Washington would be instantly devastated by the air rushing in to fill the resulting vacuum in all three branches.
Thankfully that will never happen.