House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries shows he’s just another fake antiwar Democrat

For the second time last Thursday Hakeem Jeffries rallied his Democratic caucus to pass a war powers resolution to stop military action in Iran. The resolution however is symbolic as it has no enforcement mechanism. When both the House and Senate passed a War Powers Resolution in June, the first time in the law’s 53 year history, Trump simply ignored it and kept the war bombing, killing, and spiraling the world economy out of control.

But just a day earlier Jeffries could have dealt Trump’s criminal war a devastating blow by possibly preventing passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) required to fund the Iran war as well as Trump’s other criminal military activities worldwide. Seven Republican representatives voted against passage. Had Democrats held firm it would have failed to pass. But six Democrats disobeyed Jeffries and joined 210 Republicans to pass the NDAA 216-212.

Jeffries did nothing to enforce his order to vote against. He could have demanded that a yes vote violated a Democratic ‘red line’ against supporting the war. He could have gone public that Democrats hold the line, framing support for the NDAA as enabling Trump’s continued Iran war. He could have both publicly and privately told them they would face political consequences for siding with Trump on his criminal Iran war upending the world economy. Jeffries remained mute on all three avenues to derail Trump’s NDAA.

Jeffries’ criticism of Trump is mainly political, arguing against Trump’s usurping congressional war making authority and his war blunders to date. But Jeffries, who scoops up gobs of campaign cash from US weapons makers and the Israel Lobby, is a strong proponent of US and Israeli dominance in the Middle East including the need to weaken Iran. Jeffries opposes ending annual US $3.3 billion aid to Israel which assists their ongoing genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. In Europe, Jeffries is all in for helping Ukraine destroy itself in America’s proxy war to weaken Russia. Jeffries laments nonsensically “a strong Russia means a weaker America.” He’s oblivious that a strong Russia at peace with Europe means cheap energy and economic prosperity for Europe…and less dead Ukrainians.

Hakeem Jeffries is no friend of peace. He’s a new Cold War dead ender against Russia and a cheerleader for Greater Israel destroying Gaza and West Bank Palestinians.

Walt Zlotow West Suburban Peace Coalition Glen Ellyn IL

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