W.W.A.D. (What Would America Do?)

If there were major riots and political instability in Mexico City, would we send troops into Tijuana? What if the rioters were leftists and communists trying to install a socialist president? Seem like legitimate questions. I mean, we have invaded countries on false pretenses in the past, why wouldn’t we do it again, especially under those conditions?

I’m not suggesting that what Russia has done in Ukraine is justified, and I don’t believe it is, but the sanctimonious protestations by our government lack a certain grounding in reality and self-reflection. The world should be outraged by Putin’s invasion of another country, and it should have been equally as outraged when we invaded Iraq under false pretenses.

What is Putin’s end game? He seems poised to dive deeper into Ukraine, which will be a mistake for many reasons. If he does, none of the options left to the rest of the world look very good.

Here we go again. This time it's Syria.

On the tenth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, a totally unnecessary war that cost thousands of American lives, hundreds of thousands of Iraqi lives and trillions of dollars, we have a cadre of armchair generals in the Capital (both Republicans and Democrats) calling for America to intervene militarily in Syria based on second-hand reports of rebels using chemical weapons. Some are already calling for boots on the ground.

Jesus H. Christ. Where do these morons come from? Why are they in positions of power? Why do we keep sending soulless, callous, clueless dolts to Washington to vote on matters of life and death? No country that continues voting for people like Michele Bachmann, Lindsey Graham, and yes, even Dianne Feinstein, can stand the test of time.

Our elected officials seem determined to keep us in a state of never-ending war, constantly sending young men and women off to a jungle or a desert to die or be maimed for life to satisfy the blood lust of a fading empire and war profiteers who are already rolling in piles of gold.

I make a modest, but serious, proposal. Any elected official in congress who votes for war or any military action involving violence must either a) have served in the military or b) have an immediate family member serving in the military. They are so anxious to send off faceless, nameless Americans to die in foreign countries, maybe, just maybe, they might be a bit more reflective and cautious if they were involving someone they loved in the bloodshed.

It will never happen, but maybe someone has a better way to stop the war madness that plagues America’s elites.