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elsat | 8 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I know this is the cynical, standard take. 

I pray for a better outcome than that.
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shawn | 8 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 It is. It's also tragically, observably true. My point is that putting faith in a US president to stop a war is a path to disappointment. I would love to be proven wrong.
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zephir | 8 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 As Jill Stein put it, quite accurately, the anti-war movement goes to sleep when democrats are in power, so maybe… eventually worked with Vietnam. 🤞
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Sedd | 8 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 You’re absolutely right on this take. Expecting a different outcome from this would be absurd at this point.
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elsat | 8 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Would you agree: 

p ( incoming leadership striking a peace deal ) >>> p ( current leadership striking a peace deal )
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shawn | 8 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Call me cynical (fair), but I think the best we can do is to get the fuck out of other nations' conflicts and stop feeding the flames with American-made weapons. 

I do not, however, believe that it is possible for any American politician to solve the seemingly intractable problem of Middle East peace.