General Discussion

I completely agree that we need to rein-in military spending and remove this ability of Presidents to wage wars at their whims, and we need to communicate to our reps that what is happening in our name is unacceptable.

While your passionate OP may not have completely conveyed what you meant, your explanations through the thread make your meaning clear. And even before your explanations, I think the reasonable among us knew exactly what you were saying. The others? I think they knew too. And what's more, I think they agree. But they seem to have some weird need to believe themselves the purest Democrats, especially when someone suggests we can do better.

Your message needs to become a loud and constant part of the Democratic message going forward. It has not been. It needs to be! We need to communicate to our reps that if they don't consistently walk this walk going forward, we will not vote for them in primaries.