If You Desire To Be Poor, Oppressed, and Eventually Vaporized In A Nuclear War, Vote Republican
Posted by Rich | Filed under Politics
Paul Craig Roberts at populistamerica.com does a stunning job of coalescing my biggest concerns about the current state of the Republican party.
Today, Reagan is gone. The Republican Establishment is gone. There are no conservative power centers, only neoconservative power centers closely allied with Israel, which uses the billions of dollars funneled into Israeli coffers by US taxpayers to influence US elections and foreign policy.
My biggest concern is that this neoconservative power base wants war. It uses war as a foreign policy tool. “We will free the shit out of you!” is a poplar American refrain that mirrors this idea. This is our first position in all but the most delicate foreign policy negotiations. Indeed we have a substantial lead in weapons technology so we can start with war, but as nations become nuclear (or biological) they can only respond with their best technology. As we become more aggressive in our positioning on what is acceptable in pursuit of the defense of American interests we invite equal or even asymmetrical response; think nuclear war in response to torture, preemptive nuclear strikes, regime change, etc.
The Americans were the first to announce preemptive nuclear attack as their permissible war doctrine. Now the Russians have announced the tactical use of nuclear weapons as their response to American smart weapons.
Sting wrote in the 1980’s the song Russians in which he expresses “I hope the Russians love their children too.” Judging from Russian actions in the 80s and 90s it appears they did…sadly I believe that at least the modern neoconservatives have forgotten our children except as fodder for their ambitions.
So I call each of us to action, If you are a member of the Democratic party, please do your best to support Obama/Biden for this election. Even if you were a Hillary supporter, the stakes are too high for sour grapes. If you are a member of the Republican party and cannot vote for a Democrat, please vote for Ron Paul. You actions may not get Paul elected, but they will send a strong message to the Republicans that we need to bring back true conservatism and push neoconservatism off the center stage and into the fringes of politics. If you are undecided, please choose one of these paths and do not default to McCain. Finally, if you are voting for McCain, please reconsider. Turn off Fox News and read a bit about McCain’s statements and policies. It is clear that McCain is not the maverick he pretends to be and if elected it will be not only more of the same but worse.
2 Responses to “If You Desire To Be Poor, Oppressed, and Eventually Vaporized In A Nuclear War, Vote Republican”
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OneBuckFilms Says:
September 5th, 2008 at 3:27 amI was searching for Star Trek icons, and came across this note.
I think it should be pointed out that noone “wants” war, and that your ability to write this very blog note is one of the American Interests being defended.
Have you forgotten Semptember 11th 2001? Have you forgotten the stated goals of Terrorists?
I don’t WANT war, but I’m not going to shy away from it at our peril.
As for the Regime Change, I’m sure the Iraqi families decimated en masse by murder, torture etc., may have something to say about that. Now that they CAN !!!
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Rich Says:
September 5th, 2008 at 5:03 amOh brother, I have not forgotten 9/11…but our asymmetric and misguided response to it has done nothing to protect us nor has it protected my freedom of speech. Rather, our freedoms have been compromised by our own government based on the terrorism bogey-man. The terrorists won the moment our freedoms were restricted.
As for the Iraqi families having something to say about us occupying their country, I know 600,000 to 1,000,000 civilians who can’t say anything at all thanks to us. The Iraqi war simply created more terrorists.
Cut the jingoism and instead consider what has happened in response to 9/11. We have gone from the end of the cold war under Reagan/Bush and the “peace dividend” under Clinton to again standing on the brink of a new cold war with most of the world in opposition to us. We squandered 9/11, wasted it, and the current laughable “leaders” in charge of the republican party would only dig the hole deeper. These same leaders who handed the terrorists money in the 70s.
The republicans have brought us nothing but war, expanded government and a weakened economy. The exact opposite of what they promised.
So my friend I have not forgotten 9/11. Our children and our country will be paying for our mis-handling of that event for at least another generation. Our status as a shining example of democracy is damaged, perhaps destroyed. I would like to say 9/11 is the day we stepped up to stop terrorism, but in my opinion our initial and subsequent response handed them a victory.
