Matt Wuerker for May 11, 2019

“For the good of the economy!”

Not a problem if we have the right leadership and a great military plan. Field Marshall Bolton can occupy the commander’s turret on the first Striker vehicle crossing the border going into Iran, while Tiny will lead by being the first paratrooper to jump into Santiago de León de Caracas. Bold leadership will make both operations quick and easy, don’t ya think?

Gee, what do those two countries have in common? It wouldn’t happen to be oil, would it?

America is good at defending.

• We defended ourselves from a crazy king and established a democratic republic that became the most successful nation on the planet.

• We defended Europe from foreign conquest twice — three times if you count winning the cold war.

• We defended Australia, the Pacific, and half of Asia from the Japanese fascists.

• We defend much of Korea from foreign conquest.

We defended Kuwait from foreign conquest.

When we are the foreign invaders very bad things happen. Our troops die and we lose.

x Vietnam

x Iraq

x Afghanistan

John Bolton forged the “weapons of mass destruction” report and got caught doing it. Elliot Abrams went right along with it.

You can’t fix stupid.

Just like Darth Cheney promised ALL those dead soldiers long ago…

" … Neoconservatism (commonly shortened to neocon when labelling its adherents) is a political movement born in the United States during the 1960s among liberal hawks who became disenchanted with the increasingly pacifist foreign policy of the Democratic Party, and the growing New Left and counterculture, in particular the Vietnam protests. Some also began to question their liberal beliefs regarding domestic policies such as the Great Society.

Neoconservatives typically advocate the promotion of democracy and American national interest in international affairs, including peace through strength (by means of military force), and are known for espousing disdain for communism and for political radicalism.

Many of its adherents became politically famous during the Republican presidential administrations of the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s as neoconservatives peaked in influence during the administration of George W. Bush, when they played a major role in promoting and planning the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Prominent neoconservatives in the George W. Bush administration included Paul Wolfowitz, Elliott Abrams, Richard Perle, and Paul Bremer. While not identifying as neoconservatives, senior officials Vice President Dick Cheneyand Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld listened closely to neoconservative advisers regarding foreign policy, especially the defense of Israel and the promotion of American influence in the Middle East.

Historically speaking, the term “neoconservative” refers to those who made the ideological journey from the anti-Stalinist left to the camp of American conservatism during the 1960s and 1970s. The movement had its intellectual roots in the Jewish monthly review magazine Commentary, edited by Norman Podhoretz and published by the American Jewish Committee. They spoke out against the New Left and in that way helped define the movement. …"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoconservatism

War profiteers to despise and dismiss.

Where have we heard that song before.

The U.S. has a long tradition of sending in the military and/or using intelligence operations to destabilize a regime it did not like. Nations in Central America, the Caribbean, Iran, Chile all have been treated this way. At least troops weren’t stationed in those countries.

Republicanism is so much the party of “big government” it’s laughable. The conservative solution to everything is to take the most costly branch of federal government, bloat it further, and then beat every other sovereign nation over the head with it.

We don’t even have a secretary of defense!!

War hawk Fox idiot Bolton is acting as an unqualified Sec of Defense.

Remember when liar Trump told every one he would end those mid east wars?

Instead he is escalating the violence.

Impeach Trump for lying.

https://www.minnpost.com/eric-black-ink/2018/03/15-years-were-still-paying-iraq-war/

There is little sense in having a huge military force if you can’t occasionally use it. All that armament has a best before date and needs to be recycled.. and live targets are more fun to shoot at than some barren island in the ocean.

Let’s airdrop these two into Iran, so they can participate in the war they love so much.

They can go first and walk point with their children and grandchildren along with them.

That’s why most of the World resents us! All to often the United States gets involved in taking out a foreign Government using Trumped up charges usually related to undemocratic policies. We end up supporting equally evil regimes like the Shaw of Iran or Noriega in Panama which seriously detracts from our stated objective to bring peace and lawful stability.

US foreign policy is almost always driven either by commercial interests or by domestic politics, rarely by any moral principle.

Shah.

Got to support the petro-dollar

Since roughly the Gilded Age (the 1880s more or less) our foreign policy has been directed by Corporations. When you hear that some international relation (in particular war) is “in America’s interest” it’s code for “in Corporate interests”.

Another war brewing. Under Trump, the US government has become a mob restaurant being burned down for the insurance.

Those who elect those who ignore history are doomed to repeat the pain of sending their sons and daughters to die in wars that have no value to anyone except the very very rich (if even that).

Over-extension of resources: The final bane of empires. Germany, England, Spain, Rome……

Where is Doug Fieth and Paul Wolfiwitz? There is PLENTY of blame and blood to go around.