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'Every Single Senator Should Be Supporting' Sanders Bid to Block Massive New Arms Sale to Israel

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'Every Single Senator Should Be Supporting' Sanders Bid to Block Massive New Arms Sale to Israel | Common Dreams

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that's the problem, it's Sanders' bid. It should be unanimously the democrats bid, but Sanders is fighting against them too.
- Except for all the ones he isn't... Because there is more than two parties in our two party system.
  
  Yeah. I’d like it if we could define the 4 ish parties better. Instead of having two wolves allowed to tear the place up.
Yeah but they won't.
Aren't arms shipments written into law? Can they override the Republicans?
The US should block all sales of arms to other counties.
- As someone who lives in the U.S. but has never lived in a county, I agree. Only I should get fighter jets and billions of dollars in free money.
  
  You've never lived in a county? Where in the US can you live without living in a county, unincorporated towns maybe?
  
  Or, don’t build fighter jets 🤷‍♂️
- Russia would have completely invaded Ukraine if the US were isolationist and had a weak military. Countries with imperial ambitions like Russia and China don't just go away because the US stops military support to other countries.
  The US needs leadership that will use their military deterrence for good, not to stop supporting other democratic countries or get rid of their military. We need to keep zionists and the fascists out of office.
  
  How the fuck does China have imperial ambitions?
- Us economy is driven by the military industrial complex. Taxpayer funded defense "aid" is given to countries, only for them to turn around and buy american weapons with said aid, thus funneling the money into private pockets. Legislature "pork" was/is notorious for kickbacks to local manufacturing plants for various military equipment. The entire scheme of "global defense" that the US has pushed over the last 70 years has been driven by the desire to monopolize military production and sales on a global scale. Sanctions are imposed on countries which otherwise agree ideologically with what the US professes are its ideals because those countries purchase arms from the US competitors, while notably hostile countries like Saudia Arabia are propped up bc they are good for business. Israel aid is given to be spent on US arms. The US doesn't give a shit how countries use their arms, as long as they're buying. Without the military industrial complex, much of the domestic economy would likewise grind to a halt. Hell, the US military is the biggest domestic employer. The system is simply not set up for a massive paradigm shift like that, though imo it's going to have to happen eventually because the current, unsustainable system is reaching it's last leg and starting to topple over.

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