Surprised to not see Slotkin on here. Were the weapons labeled with the words ‘for offense only’ written in sharpie or something, so she could convince herself to do the right thing?

They interact with the people they represent, often on a golf course. It’s just that those people aren’t you and me.

What can we realistically expect from this group?

It would be great if they could at least sanction Israel and the US in addition to what some of these states are already doing unilaterally, but short of blocking any further shipping of arms (many of these countries are positioned on or near key straits in the region, I guess) what else can they do other than direct conflict or more performative decrees from the same neoliberal-dominated institutions that are currently failing us?

“We will do everything in our power” = watch out, we each have a ‘vote’ and aren’t afraid to use it!

Lmao, all these electoralist jokers are cooked. What a weak ass letter. Their votes never meant shit (and it sure as hell didn’t make any Dems or Repubs less genocidal), not when this whole imperial project is run by corporations and the MIC, yet they still can’t seem to think outside the ballot box.

I was always a bit ambivalent on DPRK, assuming they were on the right side of things generally, but doing it wrong. Part of it was because I just didn’t understand historical materialism, and another part was that I rarely if ever encountered real pushback against western portrayals of the country.

Well, when western media tried telling me that everyone in DPRK had to get a Kim Jong Un haircut or face punishment, that seemed a little TOO ridiculous and implausible, and so I investigated that claim (and the history of the nation) a bit further. Of course the claim was bullshit, but the side effect of that investigation was that I ended up realizing that DPRK is actually pretty based, not just in how they defy imperialism but also in how they support other AES states around the world. They really do deserve a massive apology.

https://theonion.com/protesters-urged-not-to-give-trump-administration-pretext-for-what-it-already-doing/

My mind is blown, I need to figure out what this all means.

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