“And every dead child is my child.
Every grieving mother is my mother.
Every crying father is my father.
Every home turned to rubble is the home I grew up in.
Every brother carrying the remains of his brother across borders is my brother.
Every sister waiting for a sister who will never come home is my sister.
Every one of these people are ours, Just like we are theirs.
We belong to them, and they belong to us.”
~James Baldwin
I have great respect for the Constitution. Within my libraries are a number of books about its creation and the correct application of it in the law of the land. Also, other books about times it has been misunderstood or purposely applied in incorrect ways.
I doubt like hell the current president has ever read the Constitution, or any books on its history. He has shown that he has zero respect for it. His cult is composed of others who show a profound ignorance of the Constitution, and snakes in DC who willingly betray their oath of office, to have loyalty to it.
Thus, I think that Mark Twain was correct: “Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.” One can be patriotic and 100% opposed to this president, and everything he does. And I question the concept that supporting him while honoring the Constitution is somehow possible.
I think that Israel has as much right to exist as any nation. I want the citizens to be able to live in peace. At the same time, I recognize that Netanyahu is a war criminal. I think that he has harmed Israel, making it at increased risk for the hostilities that put its citizens at risk. I do not think it is a coincidence that antisemitism is on a dangerous rise in the United States. Thus, like many good, thinking people, I am against Netanyahu while being pro-Israel.
The synergy of this president and Netanyahu has already caused great destruction in the Middle East. As I watch news from foreign countries, and podcasts featuring retired military and intelligence officials, it becomes evident they have started a war that they cannot control. Having human parasites such as Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff as “envoys” documents that greed, rather than U.S. interests, was the primary factor in this hideous war.
The administration has not told Congress or the public why they attacked now. They have changed the goal posts several times since starting the war. The mediator between the U.S. And Iran had come to DC on February 27, and told the vice president that Iran was willing to agree to serious limitations, and likely allow for U.N. Inspectors. He told CBS’s Maureen Brennan the same thing. This raises the disturbing question of why the president joined Israel 24 hours later in the vicious attack – something no other president since the 1979 Iranian revolution would do.
We know that this was the wet dream of the necroconservatives in the Bush-Cheney administration hope to accomplish. Hence, Condi Rice’s recent White House visit was no surprise. We know that the vast majority of republicans in the House and Senate are afraid to disagree with the president. More, they are getting “contributions” from AIPAC, and we should remember the AIPAC espionage scandal from the W Bush administration, when spies leaked information on Iran to Israel. So we can’t seriously look to them to be loyal to the United States in this case.
https://www.trackaipac.com/congress
Another important factor, as documented above, is that a heck of a lot of Democrats are also on the AIPAC payroll. We saw, in the 2008 presidential primaries, that those who had voted in favor of attacking Iraq did not do well. We saw, in 2024, the refusal to confront the genocide in Gaza – including bringing the rotting pre-corpse of Dick Cheney on stage for an endorsement – did not play well. Indeed, it was a ticket to defeat in the context of independent voters now deciding the outcome of presidential elections.
I speak only for myself in saying I will never donate to any politician or group that takes money from AIPAC.I speak for the well-being of humanity when I ask others to consider, at very least, contacting those who represent you in DC that you are opposed to this war, and unable to support any politician who is connected – be deed or silence – to this immoral war. More, that your support will go to those opposed to the war, especially if they refuse AIPAC contributions.