Let me answer the question Inae Oh asks at Mother Jones. Taken aback by Nancy Pelosi’s recent complaints about pro-Hamas demonstrators she declaims:
Some Democrats seem to want it both ways, framing discussions of a horrific war mostly as an election issue. Criticism is unhelpful because to these voters, keeping Donald Trump out of the White House is the paramount issue. But unhelpful to whom? Who could look at “hell” in Gaza and not think beyond 2024?
When you as totally convinced of your own moral rectitude and you so conflate re-election with the good of the country as is the case with long-time officeholders, no, you cannot hear yourself.
Well, actually the masses really dont understand, and largely dont care. Interest in foreign affairs is always transient and shallow at best. It’s nearly always considered in the context of domestic politics.
Steve