"Despite these polls and the passions raised by the war with Hamas, it is easy to exaggerate the power of Gaza as a motivating issue for voters eight months from no-win November. History suggests that foreign policy issues end up as a minor motif in presidential politics unless American soldiers are dying in combat as they were in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2004.”

  • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    unless American soldiers are dying in combat as they were in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2004

    And even then we’ll re-elect the asshole who sent them there.

    American politics is so fucking broken I’d weep if I weren’t dead inside from seeing this happen over and over again. And the worst part is that people here actually want this shit.