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Omar: The 'Blame Is on Us' for 'Acceleration' of Suffering in Iran, Venezuela
PJ Media ^ | July 29, 2019 | Nicholas Ballasy

Posted on 07/29/2019 10:41:00 AM PDT by C19fan

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This from the one of the biggest backers of BDS against Israel. Money quote:

"There is space for us to use sanctions to move a country to do what we want it to do but these are not the kind of sanctions we impose on countries we do not like, right, countries we don't like -- its leaders, we don't like its values or we don't think they are our values so we put crippling sanctions on them -- that does not change any behavior in that country," Omar said at the conference.

I guess sanction are bad except when it is aimed at Israel. That is the reason BDSers are anti-Semites.

1 posted on 07/29/2019 10:41:00 AM PDT by C19fan
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She is the enemy within.


2 posted on 07/29/2019 10:42:17 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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I agree with her. I blame the Muslims too.


3 posted on 07/29/2019 10:44:25 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob ("Other People's Money" = The life blood of Liberalism)
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Evil individual she is.


4 posted on 07/29/2019 10:46:14 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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AOC is insufferable.

And it’s accelerating.


5 posted on 07/29/2019 10:48:07 AM PDT by Paladin2
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So ... when maduro or Chavez nationalizes assets of U.S. companies, we are supposed to get on our knees, bend our heads back, pant lightly, and say “Thank you sir, may I have another?”


6 posted on 07/29/2019 10:49:35 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("...a choice between Woke-fevered Democrats and Koch-funded Republicans is insufficient."-Mark Steyn)
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And you have liberals ready to jump both feet to vote for this btch just because she is against Trump. This country has gone mad and our law enforcement is obviously corrupt that they have nothing on her. Compare how she is treated to the way Obama doxed his political enemies to the DOJ, IRS or FEC.


7 posted on 07/29/2019 10:50:36 AM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security in hatse:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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AOC is insufferable.

This is Omar, not Miss Cortez. It gets confusing though. They are a tag team, like the Moon Dogs.
8 posted on 07/29/2019 10:50:43 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("...a choice between Woke-fevered Democrats and Koch-funded Republicans is insufficient."-Mark Steyn)
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She mistakes me for someone who gives a shit.


9 posted on 07/29/2019 10:51:50 AM PDT by Brilliant
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What is BDS?


10 posted on 07/29/2019 10:51:57 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (Investigate! Investigate! There are charges yet to fabricate!)
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BDS = Boycott, Divest, and Sanction.


11 posted on 07/29/2019 10:53:06 AM PDT by C19fan
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it is anti-Israel movement


12 posted on 07/29/2019 10:54:15 AM PDT by Bob434
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Omar: The 'Blame Is on Us' for 'Acceleration' of Suffering in Iran, Venezuela

She is 100% correct, for once. Increasing the suffering in the short term IS THE ENTIRE POINT. Rather than sending in US troops, we use sanctions and strategies to make things worse, so that the citizenry will rise up, through the ballot box or otherwise, and do the job that we generally do not want our military to do.

Or would you like to change your stance and support a US military option instead, Rep Omar? We are appropriately reticent to do it, but if there is no better option, we are ready and willing and more than able.

No? Of course, not... your preference is more Leftist tyrants ruling and entrenching the suffering long term. Thankfully, we have a leader who does not agree with global suffering under Leftist tyranny.

13 posted on 07/29/2019 10:54:43 AM PDT by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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No, people need to read carefully what she said. She says that the Regimes are responsible for the people suffering. She is saying that our sanctions are accelerating it, or making it worse.

She just doesn’t get it. She got the first part right, the Regimes are responsible for the suffering. She didn’t get the part that the PEOPLE of those countries CHOOSE to put these Regimes in power. Now, the PEOPLE are suffering because of the choices. The United States has definitely (I agree with her here) accelerated the suffering to get the PEOPLE to change Regimes. People don’t change Regimes if they are not suffering and it’s not getting worse.

I think she doesn’t understand the concept of Non-US military involvement to convince a Rogue Regime, or people that have put a Rogue Regime in place, that it is time to change.


14 posted on 07/29/2019 10:55:32 AM PDT by Pete Dovgan
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Thanks.

I thought Omar was a tent maker...

This other Omar is the wurst.


15 posted on 07/29/2019 10:59:05 AM PDT by Paladin2
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“So if we do want to be a helpful ally to people who are suffering around the world then we cannot continue to cause an acceleration in their suffering.”


So let them suffer for their own choices. I am reminded of the Freeper who recently commented to me that North Koreans ‘enable’ Kim, as if their forced displays of patriotism were proof of support.


16 posted on 07/29/2019 11:02:40 AM PDT by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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One interesting side effect of the AOC+3 approach is that as long as they are willing to cooperate, anything that one says can be attached to the others, as they are mutually supportive. Omar’s anti-Jewish screeds might be overlooked in Minnesota, but will not be taken to by some of the normally leftist Jews (and friends/family of Jews) in Cortez’ NY district.


17 posted on 07/29/2019 11:02:49 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("...a choice between Woke-fevered Democrats and Koch-funded Republicans is insufficient."-Mark Steyn)
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Why doesn’t she take a trip to Somalia and vacation there for a week or two?


18 posted on 07/29/2019 11:06:55 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Like Enoch, Noah, & Lot, the True Church will soon be removed & then destruction comes forth.)
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When she said, “Us”, I thought she meant Jew-hating Marxists.


19 posted on 07/29/2019 11:07:24 AM PDT by MuttTheHoople
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So, Venezuela nationalized all American assets which then failed due to their incompetency an it’s all our fault?


20 posted on 07/29/2019 11:10:26 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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