Political Quotes

“on February 28, in coordination with and at the urging of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, President Trump attacked Iran without congressional authorization--that is, without the authority required under our Constitution. Almost immediately, Hezbollah, Iran's proxy, engaged in a battle with Israel. Now we have Israel invading southern Lebanon. The Netanyahu government is exercising the same strategy they pursued in Gaza: Drop massive bombs, level entire towns, block routes for civilians to leave, and block access for humanitarian relief. And the United States? We are partners in this. We are complicit in this--not just because we partnered with Israel to ignite the war with Iran but because we sold the bombs and the bulldozers that Israel is using. We didn't stop supplying the Netanyahu government with weapons years ago even when it became clear that they were deliberately targeting homes, schools, and hospitals; when they were blocking deliveries of humanitarian aid, including water, food, and medicine; when the result was mass malnutrition, particularly among mothers and children and the elderly. We must not continue to be complicit in these tragedies by selling these tools of destruction--the bombs and the bulldozers--to Israel. The administration says: Let's sell them 12,000 more 1,000-pound bombs. Picture 12,000 1,000-pound bombs dropping on neighborhoods--that is what we are enabling--or a vast number of bulldozers to destroy homes and buildings.…”