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So I think he will, you know, of course, as he always does declare some sort of victory at some point, and he will leave an absolute mess behind.

And, um, and frankly, you know, I think if you ask Nanyahu,

That's an outcome that he would take, all things considered.

Can I just add something to that?

I think all that's true and it begs the question though, where is the opposition party planting a flag of being anti-war and anti-imperial adventures and anti-massacring civilians all around the Middle East?

I mean, where are they?

There are, you know, one-off democratic lawmakers here and there who have given really forceful remarks.

And certainly, you know, lots of them have come out and said they're not going to vote for supplemental funding for the Iran war.

But, I mean, this is a moment, you know, as Tom says, where the administration is losing the American people for, like, completely legitimate reasons.

And I am – I am –

every day longing for somebody to step into that void and present a different future, a different vision for America's role in the world, one that does not involve wreaking chaos and death all around the world.

And I'm just really disappointed, frankly, that I have not seen that happen.

situation i think it is yeah no it definitely is a hard thing to do but i think that

Go ahead.

I was going to say, I mean, I think that I think basically it's a risk they need to take, especially before there's, you know, boots on the ground.

I mean, I think that the American people are not going to believe the sort of cynical attempts of Republicans to say they're trying to get our troops killed, because, as you say, like this war is incredibly unpopular.

And I do think that if there's ever been an opportunity for a really powerful anti-war message coming from the Democrats, it's right now when we're fighting a really unpopular war.

There's not actually troops on the ground yet.

And yet there's still, you know, there have been 13 service members who've been killed so far.

There's always going to be, you know, there are a lot of Democrats who are just afraid of being considered squeamish and, you know, they will get criticized for it.