Tommy Vietor

It's unequivocally a good thing.

We're all praying that it holds.

But it comes after a huge cost and two years of brutal war.

And politically speaking, Gaza has led to this big dip in support for Israel among Democrats.

How do you think, if at all, the Democratic Party should adjust its policy towards Israel in the wake of the war and in the kind of anger at the brutal way the IDF conducted itself in the Gaza Strip?

Like, for example, should Democrats vote against providing Israel with billions in a 10-year MOU for foreign military financing?

Sure, as you've seen, too, there's a lot of anger among Democrats at AIPAC for demanding that Democrats, you know, sort of take the Netanyahu line on everything and for intervening in Democratic primaries in particular and going after progressive candidates.

Do you think that Democrats should take money from AIPAC's political action committee?

And I phrase it that way because to say take money from AIPAC could mean not take money from five million people who just happen to be AIPAC members or supporters.

But I think the political action committee is sort of like a direct reflection of the values of the organization.

One more foreign policy question for you.

So the president has put in place this policy of having the U.S.

military kill suspected members of drug cartels traveling in boats off the coast of Venezuela.

The U.S.

has moved a ton of military hardware to the Caribbean.

That includes guided destroyers, F-35s, Reaper drones, thousands of troops.

As we were talking, Ben Rhodes just sent me a tweet that says, breaking news, the Trump administration is

secretly authorized the CIA to conduct covert action in Venezuela, according to U.S.

officials.

It sure feels like we are barreling towards a regime change war or operation of some sort with Venezuela.