re: Israel–Hamas War Discussion Thread: News Links On First Page

Posted on 10/25/23 at 8:34 pm to LegendInMyMind

Posted by BuckyCheese

Member since Jan 2015

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Posted on 10/25/23 at 8:34 pm to LegendInMyMind

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Today, the US House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted to support Israel and condemn Hamas. 412 representatives voted in favor, 10 voted against, and 6 voted present.
No votes: @RepBowman, @RepAndreCarson, @RepCori, @RepAlGreen, @RepSummerLee, @AOC, @Ilhan, @repdeliaramirez, @RepRashida, @RepThomasMassie
Present votes: @RepCasar,@JoaquinCastrotx, @NydiaVelazquez, @RepPressley, @RepChuyGarcia, @RepJayapal

One of those is not like the others.

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Posted by Rebel

Graceland

Member since Jan 2005

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Posted on 10/25/23 at 8:45 pm to BuckyCheese

Massie has a statement on X.

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I condemn the barbaric attack on Israel and I affirm Israel’s right to defend itself.

However, I will not be voting for House Resolution 771 today because:

1) It calls for sanctions on a sovereign country. Sanctions are a prelude to war and hurt the citizens of the country more than the government of the country that’s being sanctioned. And ultimately, sanctions create laws that will be used to prosecute American citizens (who engage in trade), not citizens of the sanctioned country. In short, sanctions do not achieve their stated purposes but do breed resentment of our country abroad.

2) It asserts the necessity of foreign aid commitments which I have voted against. Our country is going bankrupt and we can’t afford to borrow money to send overseas, yet this resolution states that we should.

3) It contains an open-ended promise of military support that is so broad that it could be interpreted to commit US soldiers to the conflict. US troops should not be engaged in this conflict.

4) It tends to broaden the conflict to other countries when it would be better to keep the war contained geographically.