Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) said policy differences toward Israel between her and President Biden won’t stop her from supporting him in the November general election.
“Of course,” Omar said Tuesday, when asked by CNN’s Abby Phillip on “NewsNight” whether she would vote for Biden if the election were held that day, in a clip highlighted by Mediaite. “Democracy is on the line, we are facing down fascism.”
“And I personally know what my life felt like having Trump as the president of this country, and I know what it felt like for my constituents, and for people around this country and around the world,” Omar continued. “We have to do everything that we can to make sure that does not happen to our country again.”
Sure, and I do think fixing those underlying issues is very important. But once attacked, it’s bombing time, not reflection time. Then, how do you fight an organization that tries to hide its tracks? There’s practical requirements. That doesn’t make it fascism.
The GWOT was not Vietnam, we were attacked. People were warmongering hard, and so the government responded.
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So, let’s re-condense again.
Sorry, but to do otherwise is actually pacifism. When attacked and thousands die, you find and kill the attackers. I think that’s not fascism. It’s a far cry from the system Mussolini invented.
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Okay, what would you say the difference is?
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I agree that the underlying problem of the military-industrial complex was a causative element. But the previous war to that, of defending Kuwait in Desert Storm, was a defensive war. That was a UN force composed of dozens of countries, hosted by Saudi Arabia, not simple adventurism. The Kuwaitis asked for help.
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They won though, they defeated the Soviets and kicked them out. With some of our help. Why attack us for that?
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I don’t disagree that it strengthened the state, and the MIC. I just disagree that there’s somehow no distinction between these things and fascism. Not all states using their militaries are automatically fascist or something, it takes more than that.