Warmonger!

The Republicans have chosen their strategy. They have, since the beginning of their ill fated, unilateral, indefensible war of aggression in the Middle East, chosen the most visceral, "if you ain't with us, yo're agin' us", brand of hate rhetoric. Anyone daring to advise caution or restraint, in the run up of the War over the last six years, has been called a coward, a traitor and not supportive of the members of the armed forces, ordered to do the bidding of the Bush/Cheney chickenhawk coalition. Little old ladies dressed in pink, brandishing home made placards, have been branded terrorists. Veterans returning from the wars with a negative opinion of it, are "phoney soldiers". Middle aged and older baby boomers of the left, are transformed into "filthy old anti-war hippies".

Each branch of the souless, conservofascist politburo uses it's own special brush to tar the opposition. The greedy corporate fatcats, brand anyone that councils a pay as you go approach to military spending, as "tax and spend" liberals, even as trillions of dollars in war funding are deferred onto federal plastic, to be paid by future generations, at ruinous interest, crippling the economy. As millions are cut down in sectarian strife, around the World, fundamentalist Christians, faux halos shining bright, tout their culture of life and would have you believe that it is the liberals who are responsible for all the death and suffering. The neocons proudly crow that they are bringing democracy and prosperity to the World, while the other side seeks totalitarian enslavement of mankind. What country is it, to which they have brought democracy, peace and prosperity? I know of no such land.

Now, a fat, old, radio talk show host in North Dakota, calls John McCain a Warmonger and the cocksuckers want to call foul. McCain supports the Middle East Wars. He has from the beginning and he continues to today. He doesn't want to stop the fighting. He doesn't want to decrease our troop levels. He foresees a permanent American military presence in Iraq, Kuwait, the UAE, Afghanistan and Pakistan. He is in favor of initiating hostilities against Iran, whether it be saturation bombing, invasion or both. He wants to continue and even expand the scope of the Bush/Cheney unilateral, Middle Eastern Wars of aggression.

McCain is no chickenhawk, he was born and raised into the elite, warrior class of the American military. I haven't heard anyone call him that and if they did, I would vigorously disagree. He also is no friend to George Bush and his League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. I believe he respects the members of the opposition to the Wars in Congress and in the general population. Unlike most Republican congressmen, he is able to work across the aisle. He is also not guilty of the kind of hate speech that has characterized his Republican brethren. Sure, Warmonger is a highly colored and pejorative term but that's exactly what he is, a Warmonger, just as Bush and his chickenhawk minions are. That's the platform he'll have to be elected on. That is the name he'll have to live with. If he's not, let him tell us why not. He hasn't so far. If he truly wants to ratchet down the rhetoric and begin a national dialogue on the merits of the Middle Eastern Wars, I'm sure that would be welcomed.