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this article (reading by Tim Foley)</a></em><span>:</span></p>
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style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>The
Democratic Party\u2019s Instagram-friendly
progressive darling Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has
voted with </span><a
href="https://substack.com/redirect/0ca03ce6-c7dc-42cb-9ddc-125e5293d0b0?j=eyJ1IjoiNDg0OWljIn0.Y6K1LMhdrJlQZgVGsgH3ZN_uOH6pr27RwbiXoo1LXXA"
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of House representatives against withholding
$500 million in missile funding for Israel,
despite </span><a
href="https://substack.com/redirect/f4d02dc5-a45f-4448-b13c-652715641002?j=eyJ1IjoiNDg0OWljIn0.Y6K1LMhdrJlQZgVGsgH3ZN_uOH6pr27RwbiXoo1LXXA"
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that Israel is committing \u201ca genocide of
Palestinians\u201d in Gaza with US support.</span></p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">The
only lawmakers voting to withhold the military aid
were Democrats Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, Summer
Lee and Al Green, and Republicans Thomas Massie
and Marjorie Taylor Greene.</p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>Coming
under fire from the left for the glaring
contradiction of providing military assistance
to a state that is perpetrating an active
genocide, AOC </span><a
href="https://substack.com/redirect/7fbb5d3e-808e-4a41-ad63-904a5c6ede57?j=eyJ1IjoiNDg0OWljIn0.Y6K1LMhdrJlQZgVGsgH3ZN_uOH6pr27RwbiXoo1LXXA"
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claiming her vote was about protecting
civilians.</span></p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">The
statement reads as follows:</p>
<blockquote
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<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);margin-left: 20px;line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">\u201cMarjorie
Taylor Greene\u2019s amendment does nothing to cut
off offensive aid to Israel nor end the flow of
US munitions being used in Gaza. Of course I
voted against it.</p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);margin-left: 20px;line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">\u201cWhat
it does do is cut off defensive Iron Dome
capacities while allowing the actual bombs
killing Palestinians to continue.</p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);margin-left: 20px;line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">\u201cI
have long stated that I do not believe that
adding to the death count of innocent victims to
this war is constructive to its end. That is a
simple and clear difference of opinion that has
long been established.</p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);margin-left: 20px;line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">\u201cI
remain focused on cutting the flow of US
munitions that are being used to perpetuate the
genocide in Gaza.\u201d</p>
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<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">AOC\u2019s
statement is absolute crap. The Iron Dome is not
used for defending, it\u2019s used to facilitate
constant attacks.</p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>In
an article for Jewish Currents titled \u201c</span><a
href="https://substack.com/redirect/63313a87-3707-4841-ae73-739979c66d3f?j=eyJ1IjoiNDg0OWljIn0.Y6K1LMhdrJlQZgVGsgH3ZN_uOH6pr27RwbiXoo1LXXA"
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Defensive System</a><span>,\u201d Dylan Saba
explains:</span></p>
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<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);margin-left: 20px;line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>\u201cBy
almost entirely negating the ability of
militant groups in Gaza to respond to Israel\u2019s
incursions, the purportedly defensive Iron
Dome allows Israel to strike without fear of
repercussion. And because the cost is so low
when measured in Israeli casualties, Israel
can wage perpetual war without suffering
domestic political consequences, and is under
negligible pressure to pursue diplomacy with
the Palestinians. \u2018In theory, a weapon like
Iron Dome could be used only defensively. But
in practice it doesn\u2019t work that way,\u2019 analyst
Nathan Thrall told </span><em>Jewish
Currents.</em><span> \u2018Iron Dome facilitates
greater Israeli offensive measures, because it
lowers the perceived cost to Israel of
escalating or extending or initiating
attacks.\u2019 In other words, while the Iron Dome
may prevent the deaths of Israeli
non-combatants, it has made it </span><em>easier
</em><span>for Israel to engage in deadly
operations that take Palestinian lives.\u201d</span></p>
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<p
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Iron Dome isn\u2019t for protecting civilians, it\u2019s for
protecting the Israeli regime from deterrence. We
see this in the comfort the regime displays in
waging constant military violence on its neighbors
knowing they can\u2019t retaliate. That\u2019s why Israel
cut a ceasefire deal with Iran so fast.</p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">Iran\u2019s
advanced missiles can\u2019t be reliably stopped by the
Iron Dome, so Iran was able to smash Israel and
force it to cease its unprovoked aggressions. If
Israel had had a missile defense system which
could casually swat those missiles out of the sky
at a high rate of success, Israel would still be
bombing Iran today, and would continue doing so
until Tehran looked like Gaza. Israel\u2019s war-horny
population would have supported this, because
they\u2019d have no skin in the game.</p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">Saying
you support funding Israel\u2019s \u201cdefensive weapons\u201d
while opposing sending it \u201coffensive weapons\u201d is
as nonsensical as saying you would never give a
mass shooter guns and ammunition, but you would
give him body armor to keep him safe from the
police. You\u2019re helping him commit mass murder just
as much as you would be if you gave him guns and
ammo. Kings didn\u2019t arm their knights with shields
and armor so that they could live long and
fulfilling lives, they did it so the knights would
live long enough to kill the people the kings
wanted killed.</p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>If
you believe a state is committing genocide,
there is no justifiable reason for you to
support enhancing that state\u2019s military
capabilities and helping it defend itself from
those who try to stop it. As </span><a
href="https://substack.com/redirect/d1619fa6-d943-430c-9883-2109621170dd?j=eyJ1IjoiNDg0OWljIn0.Y6K1LMhdrJlQZgVGsgH3ZN_uOH6pr27RwbiXoo1LXXA"
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href="https://substack.com/redirect/f6e67c9a-bccb-405e-8063-48459ab759b5?j=eyJ1IjoiNDg0OWljIn0.Y6K1LMhdrJlQZgVGsgH3ZN_uOH6pr27RwbiXoo1LXXA"
rel=""
style="color: #cb48c6;text-decoration: none;"
moz-do-not-send="true">pointed out</a><span>,
this is exactly the same as opposing Hitler\u2019s
Holocaust but supporting giving anti-aircraft
flak cannons to Nazi Germany.</span></p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">It\u2019s
a self-evidently ridiculous, warmongering, and
ultimately genocidal position, disguised as
progressive humanitarianism. It\u2019s all the ugliest
things about western liberals.</p>
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<p
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who say you should criticize AOC less because
there are way worse members of congress act like
she\u2019s just passively sitting there being a
mediocre lawmaker. She\u2019s not. She\u2019s actively
anchoring the leftmost edge of the Overton window
of US politics to militarism, capitalism,
colonialism, and genocide. She\u2019s actively stopping
American politics from moving any further left
than the nightmare we see before us.</p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">Leftists
shouldn\u2019t hate AOC less than the politicians to
her right, they should hate her much more. It
isn\u2019t Mike Johnson\u2019s responsibility to move the US
government to the left, and it\u2019s not Nancy
Pelosi\u2019s job. It\u2019s hers. That\u2019s what she was
elected to do. That\u2019s what she framed the goals of
her entire political career as being. And she\u2019s
taking her stand firmly bracing against any
leftward movement from America\u2019s genocidal,
warmongering, unjust, exploitative, tyrannical
status quo.</p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">And
that\u2019s what she was actually put there to do. Her
real job is to say \u201cthus far and no further\u201d to
the leftmost end of the political spectrum of the
world\u2019s most powerful and destructive government.
That\u2019s the Democratic Party\u2019s job in general, and
it\u2019s the job of media-savvy progressive Democrats
in particular. They are there to provide as little
resistance as possible when US politics are shoved
toward more genocidal, militaristic, oligarchic,
capitalist, imperialist abuses, and to provide as
much inertia as possible to any movement in the
opposite direction.</p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">That\u2019s
why people who seek leftward movement in the US
political machine see AOC as one of their main
enemies. It\u2019s for the exact same reason you\u2019d see
someone actively blocking the fire exit as your
enemy when trying to escape from a burning
building.</p>
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