Tom Nichols
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first heard Jan 2025
last heard 19 May
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There are other options, I suppose.
The Democrats could come out and say, we're just going to cut off all funding for this war.
But in a way, the Republicans, I think, would love to invite them into that trap to say they're cutting off money while our guys are out there fighting and they're going to lack fuel and ammo and food.
It's all put up, but it's a very powerful strategy.
message to be able to send.
And it's very tough.
And there have been I will say there have been some Democratic legislators like Tim Kaine and others who have stepped forward to say, you know, this is not the president can't just go off and start wars by himself.
The problem is that the way our system is structured, the president can go off and start wars by himself.
And the only thing Congress can end up doing is trying to pull the rug out later, which then puts them in the position of not supporting the troops and, you know, aiding the enemy.
and all of that.
So I take Jasper's point, but I think people out there should understand that this, when it comes to war and peace, when American troops are actively in a theater of war, it's tough for the opposition party to come out and be kind of full-throated anti-war.
I think what they've been better off at doing has been anti-abuse of power by the president, but it's just a sticky...
I think it is... Yeah, no, it definitely is a hard thing to do.
But I think that...
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 have 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.
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