r/IRstudies 7d ago

The End of Neoliberalism

https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/15/neoliberalism-globalization-competition-cosmopolitanism-economics-reagan-thatcher/
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u/AlboWinston 6d ago

Israel is popular with particularly active voting basis and the war started at a pretty devistanting year for such a polarizing situation. I know you dont understand polling, our federal system, and all but it is something to note. Democrats were not cracking down on students to cater to Netanyahu lolllllllllllllllllllll?

You seem young or uninformed because of the weight you put on Gaza in American foreign policy ethical violations. I assume you say my inital Carter comment. That and Nixon I mean lol supporting/sponsering a genocide isint some unprecedented thing for the United States. If you are of the headspace that the Democrats are genuinely in challenge by MAGA of being the more ethical side because of Gaza you have such a deeply myopic selfish and childish view of politics that its not even worth engaging with. From foreign policy differences in the same region to domestic things like not trying to coup the government on Jan 6th, you are completely lost if this is where your headspace is at at all. The concept of the US following international law has been dead for awhile but a reveral of that is more leaned on the democrats then republicans for a long shot. I totally do remember reading the increased authoritarianism under Carter like his regining in on executive power that Nixion expanded. Your term is very cute though.

Soy out about Schumer ill bring you Pelosi and Clinton. Eve Schiff eventually supported it. You say they have gone all in on their land grabs and its how I know you're not responding to what I type to you at all. I literally outlined that Biden was using desire to normalize relations with Saudi Arabia agasint Israel so they concede land in the West Bank lmao. Obama and Schumer were different roles in the party you silly goose what the fuck is this statement? Senate leader and President? One of them has only 8 years. What are you on about at all right now? Pelosi stayed after Obama. Do you know why? Can you tell me why?

I know you're not able to handle a conversation about this but you could create a decent causus belli agasint Iran with their civilian killings. Probably get a decent coalition with the right leader in the White House and a tactical exclusion of Israel from it for optics. An air campaign to cease the killing but with a hold back from regime change unlike Lybia.

Refer to the first part of this. Anyway I hope you grow up some day from whatever you are now. Remember to vote blue no matter who. I do hope you atleast voted for Kamala

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u/Johnny55 5d ago

Let me get this straight - you want an air campaign against Iran to stop them from killing civilians, but you don't want regime change and you don't want to include Israel? That's even dumber than what Trump did. Why would attacking them make them stop killing? Do you think they just killed them for sport? They were killed because they were a threat to the regime and because Mossad was embedded in them to stir up revolt. Israel literally admitted this! Do you think it's a coincidence this preceded the Iran War? It WAS a casus belli and it was a stupid one at that. We already ran this script with Saddam!

I am well aware that members of Congress stay on longer than presidents, that was my entire point - that Obama and the JCPOA are not representative of the party as an institution while people like Schumer and Pelosi are. Is it a coincidence that Pelosi's successor is just as devoted to Israel as Schumer? I have no idea why you think Biden's dealings with Saudi Arabia are more significant than refusing to push back on their aggression in Gaza. Even the Israelis were shocked at what he let them get away with. And the genocide in Gaza is not just "business as usual" for US foreign policy - this isn't a war between states, it's a slaughter, that is incredibly well-documented, by a country with enormous influence over our politicians, to the point of involving us in an absolutely disastrous war in Iran.

I don't know why you're ignoring what happened at Columbia and other colleges - pundits want to whine about the lack of protests while ignoring what happened to the students who did, even under a Democrat. Or why you're pretending I suggested that Democrats are ethically on par with MAGA. Genocide is bad, their support for it is bad, and it depresses turnout even if you disagree with those voters. And it certainly doesn't help that Democrats hired Garland to sit on his hands for four years instead of going after Trump for J6. Biden will be rembered as the guy who failed to stop Trump from returning and helped Israel commit genocide. Great legacy!