War and Mongers of War 0
Dan Simpson wonders who influenced President Obama to authorize increased involvement in Iraq.
It is hard to imagine that he pays any attention to people like Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., or Sen. Lindsay Graham, R-S.C., the Bobbsey Twin advocates of any war they can find. Or, perhaps, more credibly, Mr. Obama is listening to the representatives of the U.S. military-industrial complex who he hopes will help finance the Democratic 2014 and 2016 campaigns rather than having them try to kick out the Democrats in favor of a Republican Congress and then a Republican White House, both of which would love whatever wars they can tee up to improve their profits.
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The truth that Americans don’t want to admit is that we can’t “fix” other countries by force. Choosing war is admitting failure.
