I’ve been away quite for some time now, really bored with all that’s going on in this country and around the world — same old, same old, you know?  However, as I sit on my fat ass I’ve been watching this fool of a president start beating the drums of war with Iran and it’s like déjà vu Iraq.  Pissing me off even more are the Democratic candidates for president.  Barak Obama, my early favorite, has made some serious mis-steps and all but ruined his chances to win the nomination.  Hillary Clinton, using her husband’s tactics of waffling, changes her opinion on Iran depending on who’s in the room.

With our military stretched to its limits, Iraq still a mess — no matter what feel good bullshit the Republicans and their enablers try to feed us, our economy in the shitter, and gas skyrocketing we do not need another war.  We especially don’t need another war based on even more flimsy evidence the president and his neo-con cronies are putting forth.  God damn these sons of bitches!  Do they feel nothing for the men and women who have to pay the price for their folly in blood, body parts, and lives?  It’s almost as if they know their in the twilight of their power and want to make one last disastrous stand before they’re out of office. 

Our country cannot take another war right not. Certainly not with a volunteer Army.  Can we say draft, anyone?  I hope Americans will not fall for this bullshit again.

If we needed another reason to work our asses off to get Bush, Cheney, and all their right-wing, moronic, neo-con friends out of office it’s Iran.  These fools are actually considering military action as a choice for dealing with Iran.  Now, unlike Iraq I doubt seriously President Bush will find any support of military action in Iran, but one should never underestimate the ability of this administration to gather support for its initiatives.  I’ve often been abused for saying the American people can be very gullible when it comes to this man, but I still believe that.  Fortunately for us all, the American people are starting to wake up, not to mention Congress has finally found the strength to stand against the president when it’s necessary. 

Now, I don’t delude myself into thinking that Iran isn’t of concern.  I’m trouble by their nuclear program and we certainly don’t need the terrorist groups supported by Iran getting access to nuclear material; however, Iran cannot be fixed militarily.  First of all, the country is what, 3 to 4 times larger than Iraq?  Unlike Saddam Hussein’s military, Iran has maintained a strong, well-equipped military.  Then, there’s the mountainous terrain.  To defeat a country like Iran it would take not only a large multi-national force, but the hope that any attack would not inflame other Muslims nations; and thinking that just because Iranian’s are mostly Shia is no guarantee that Sunni Muslims will not react negatively.  We could quickly find ourselves becoming Russia to Iran’s’ Afghanistan in the 80s.

As someone who spearheaded the invasion of Iraq you’d think Dick Cheney would think twice about promoting the idea of war with Iran. But no, this moron seems ready, willing, and able to take our exhausted and over-extended military into yet another military folly.  I get that Iran having nuclear weapons is a bad thing, but they are not Iraq.  We can’t just invade this large, very rich nation because they won’t just fall over and surender.  The citizens of Iran may wish for greater freedom, but they will not accept an American or even international invasion lightly. Add to that Iran does have friends in the world, chief among them Russia, and we could find ourselves in a horrific situation that would not only takes thousands of thousands lives, but possibly weaken our military and national security to the point we cannot even protect ourselves.  This is a stupid plan and another reason why we need these fucking war hawks out of OUR government.

I hope the voters of Connecticut are listening to the man they put in office when almost every other person on the planet thought it was time for Joe Lieberman to go.

Until recently I haven’t really given much thought to John McCain, but lately the man is just getting on my nerves.  While I believe, given no other choice, McCain would have been a better choice than George W. Bush in 2000, for 2008 he’s proving himself to be no better.  While he may think people should just shut and get a life when it comes to asinine joke about bombing Iran, I think it’s just another nail in the coffin McCain for President.