Urgent Message to Democrats: Stop Dragging Your Feet and End Trump's Iran War

Challenge: Media hold republicans accountable while they control WH & Congress Difficulty: impossible

Yeah, if only the Democrats in congress would introduce a wars power bill to disallow the war in Iran. (/s, just in case someone doesn't know that they did)

Urgent Message to Voters: Stop Voting For Republicans

Shouldn’t the title read Urgent Message to Republicans since they are the party that controls both houses of Congress? I hate articles like this that keep trying to shift the blame to the Democrats when they are not the ones in control of the houses of Congress

Look Common dreams and another Democrat hit piece

Ah, yes, the party that is decidedly *not* in charge, which hasn't stacked the courts with loyalist pricks, is supposed to get into gear and end fix things so the *other* party need not grow a spine and speak up against their dear leader. Figures.

Why isn't it an urgent message to Republicans?

It’s interesting how Republicans can make things worse for years at a time, control all branches of government but the Democrats need to stop dragging their feet?

Urgent message to commondreams: how?

End it how? What would you have the Democrats do?

I love the fact that everything is always the Dems fault. Sure, the republicans control every lever of power, screamed from the top of their lungs that Trump was the peace president 2 years ago and then happily dance for him as we are dragged in another middle eastern war - but of course, it's the Dems fault. JFC

Does the author understand that as the minority party in both chambers of congress the Democrats have no power to end the war?

Wtf are you talking about? Democrats don’t have the power or the obligation to end Trump’s war. American voters made it clear in 2024 that Democrats shouldn’t have power, so now we as a whole shouldn’t be whining that they’re not using power that we explicitly didn’t give them.

I'm actually pleasantly surprised to see all of the top comments calling out this article as BS. So many times I've seen people making similar arguments here and calling the Democratic party complicit because they don't stop Trump while ignoring the fact that Democrats don't currently have the power to stop Trump. 

I'm sorry who controls the legislative branch? Oh right the Republicans, why don't you ask them the same question?

The only thing more tiring than these idiotic, disingenuous articles and editorials is how many people will nod along and grumble, "Yeah! Why aren't Democrats doing anything about it?"

Yeah, once again attack dems for a policy that republicans enacted on their own. This is why no one takes these websites seriously 

Republicans have a majority in the house and the senate. You are asking the wrong party to do something about this.

I'm not sure which is worse: Articles like this demanding that Democrats "Do something" despite (a) not defining what you're even expecting them to do, and (b) Democrats being the minority party and therefore having no power Or all the copium articles that say there are "cracks in MAGA" or that the GOP are "furious" with Trump and are starting to turn against him, then show that he slipped like 2% in some random poll but is still in the same approval range he's been for the last 10 years. Both should be banned.

Yeah, how dare the Democrats immediately introduce a bill to kill Trump's war powers and then it be immediately voted down by Republicans

I want to wake up one day to a country that stops blaming democrats for every single republican f*** up. *It is not the job of democrats to clean up and fix what republicans broke.* and if for some reason it is **then stop f****** electing republicans**. Blame the people that are in charge of the government, full stop. Not anyone else.

Murc’s Law strikes again.

Any reason they're not asking the Republicans other than the collective belief they don't count?

Yeah right? If only democrats had the power in the congress to do that as the minority party in both houses

Why won’t Hakeem Jeffries push his magic “end war” button??????

What would you have them do when they’re the minority? Maybe hold hold republicans accountable and stop voting for them so the adults can be in charge again

this is some brain dead slop

Murc’s Law in action!

I knew it I f****** knew it. Republicans literally run everything right now but somehow things will be solely on dems.

.... What? Does this author understand that Dems aren't in power? They've *been* voting to remove trumps authorization for use of military force, but there aren't enough republicans willing to go against Daddy for it to pass. Common Dreams is not a serious publication, and never has been. I do not understand how it still gets posted here.

I thought, this can’t possibly be as stupid as the headline sounds. Spoiler: it is. Just so stupid. It almost gets there when discussing which Democratic congresspeople are indicating they’ll support a request for hundreds of billions more in war funding. And that’s pretty much it. How can Democrats “End Trumps War”? What’s the magic bullet? Where’s the plan? Nothing? Great.

AIPAC won’t let them.

Legitimate question - why is common dreams not banned like Breitbart and other rags? It is constantly attacking democrats, usually with shit like this where the Dems *already introduced a bill to do this but the R majority voted it down*. Are the “writers” at common dreams so dumb they don’t understand American civics or who controls Congress? Or is it just all AI at this point? What happened to civics education in the US that someone could blame democrats for not stopping this? I pray it’s a machine as it is unfathomably depressing to assume any human could be so dumb

Yes, please blame Dems more and ensure the left infighting keeps us under fascist control. Way to go common dreams.

With what? A strong worded letter? There is nothing they can do until the Dems take the House and lessen the gop majority in the senate

Why is common dreams even allowed to be posted here anymore? Absolute joke of a headline and article.

How exactly are they supposed to do that?

Yeah, see, it's the Democrat's fault we're at war again! /s

Democrats can’t end the war. Please say something meaningful.

Yeah…this is the democrats fault!!!! lol

Israel is controlling the democrats too

Realistically, there are a lot of Dems in office that secretly wanted this and are willing to let it play out...

Not enough. Cut ties with Israel. The "f*** Israel" position is the POPULAR position across the board. It's an 80% issue among Democratic voters alone. If the Democrats don't step into that space, the Republicans WILL.

Yeah, watch me as I hold my breath... 😒

How are they going to do that when only about 5 of them aren't in Israel's pocket?

We can't end billionaires and politicians from raping children when we have all the evidence....

They're beholden to the same Zionist masters.

F*** you (the article, not OP). Seriously, what kind of disingenuous garbage is this? If they had the power to end it, they would have. They have tried, but Republicans seem happy to let Trump rumble about destroying everything he lays eyes on. So here's a hearty f*** you to this author for once again holding Democrats accountable for something Republicans are doing. Bravo, Really brave stance.

How? They tried to pass a War Powers resolution and the Republican majority voted against it. Genuinely what the f*** do you expect them to do?

Dear CommonDreams.org. With what f****** power!? What a shit article.

Normalice's law: There is fundamentally nothing Republicans can do that some troll on the internet won't try to blame on Democrats.

F***'s sake, how is it again the Democrats' fault that the GOP-controlled Congress refuses to act?

WTF? Republicans hold the Presidency, the Senate, The House, and the SCOTUS. What the f*** are the Dems supposed to do? Maybe people should have voted and voted for Dems so they would have the majority in Congress and we would not be in this mess. But the R's own it 100%.

Last I checked, the current commander in chief isn’t a Democrat.

And pray tell what Hogwarts level wizardry are they supposed to employ with their current numbers?

I really don't understand the point of this piece at all. The democrats introduced a resolution in the House of representatives on March 5 to call for an end to the war. Every single Democratic representative voted for it. It didn't get passed because the Republicans opposed it. So, what's the point of telling Democrats to end the war when they already tried to do it and it failed? What are you supposed to do when you're the minority party? If the majority votes against your resolutions to end the war, then you can't end the war. Period. Edit. I had to fact check myself. 4 Democrats voted against the resolution to end the war. 2 Republicans voted for it.

Yes, the party with literally zero power in the federal government is at fault. Thanks, Common Communists.

Urgent Message to CommonDreams: Stop Doing All You Can To Prevent Democrats From Winning Elections And Then Blaming Them For Being Unable To Stop Republicans Who Control All Three Branches Of Government.

The democrats that could stop this were voted out.

The time to stop it was in the hours before it began. At this point we’ve killed off the old regime, replaced it with a new regime, and given the new regime plenty of reason to hate us. They’re going to sprint for nukes and thanks to our actions are potentially willing to nuke us. We got dragged into this shit by Trump but now we have to double down. They have to lose the uranium.

May I remind you that Republicans are also part of congress and the senate?

How?

It’s almost like in a vacuum most of these democrats would be on board with the War in Iran. Since it hurts Trump, let’s talk about it nonstop, do nothing to resolve it, let it drag on and reap the benefits. I do not believe most of these Dem politicians actually oppose this war.

Newsflash buddy, they aren't dragging their feet, they don't care.

Democrats are bought off by AIPAC too

Or better yet, just end trump, put him in a cell, make everyone in the party with him associated with treason

The media is so disgusting

Stop dragging your feet and come up with bills to impeach JD Vance/ Peter thiel poster boy.

They won't. They are waiting for the blue wave and the midterms in November that we might not get.

Theyre in on it... dont trust politicians

Utterly ridiculous to blame democrats for this. Like absolutely nuts. 

Sorry, Commondreams. I’m not falling for your endless routine of blame Democrats for everything Republicans do. Nice try though.

That's like telling a floor level employee to save the company from mismanagement. B**** I don't have any power here. I'm just along for the ride.

How exactly do they do that when they don't have a majority in either body of Congress?

Just ban commondreams from the sub, man.

Dems are in a bind because a large part of the democratic party is elected to represent Israel. Iran war helps Israel so they can't put up a unified opposition to it like they could for other GOP transgressions.

“Surely we need to blame the democrats, not the republicans doing the war who own all three levels of government”

I was hoping when I read this article to see an actual idea for what the Democrats could do that I had missed. There wasn’t one.

You know who I blame? The party out of power. Contrast the reporting on this with the reporting on the Democrats successful actions to get TSA agents paid while also keeping additional funds from ICE and CPB https://www.commondreams.org/news/dhs-funding-deal-reached Perpetually the case that Democrats aren't doing enough, never a recognition when they notch wins, it's truly a wonder they are so unpopular

Urgent message to the news outlet: blame the party who holds all three branches responsible.

How? They are minority in both chambers.

How would that work exactly?

The Democrats don't control Congress.

Why do Democrats continually eat their own? These headlines only show how ignorant the left can be about how government works. Where is your urgent message to REPUBLICANS? You know... the ones with the actual power to pressure Trump into stopping this war?

Ok, so actually reading the article, I think the headline is doing a severe disservice to a point that frustrates a lot of people. The actual article itself isn't complaining that Democrats aren't stopping the war, but complaining about *the way* democrats are talking about the conflict. Democrats don't talk about this being an illegal war. They don't talk about the immorality of attacking a nation for no reason and "accidentally" murdering children. Instead they complain that Republicans didn't follow "procedure". They complain that Trump hasn't provided "specific war goals". And they say that "Trump can't win without boots on the ground" as if this is all just a game of Risk. They don't say - There was no reason for the US to attack Iran, thousands are now dead, neighbouring nations are suffering, and people across the globe will suffer because of oil and fertiliser shortages. No, instead they point out that fuel prices going up and smugly say that it's going to be bad for Republicans in the midterms. Most Democratic politicians give no indication that they actually give a shit about the wanton murder being commited in the middle east, and don't give a shit about all the death and suffering this war has, will, and could cause. Instead they mostly seem chafed that Republicans didn't follow procedure, and smug that this will help them in the midterms. That's what this article is about.

I see Common Dream slop agenda posting, I downvote

How?

These posts never say how.

Remind me again which party has total control over all three branches of government?

They’re all bought by AIPAC

You don't think that they are making money hand over fist as well?

They Have NO power to do it. period. even the courts can't stop him..

Yep. One side storms the capital based on a perceived injustice. The other side makes strongly worded or witty messages based on actual injustices.

Democrats can’t agree on if the sun is shining without a backroom deal.