tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post9017743110996284944..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: CHICKENHAWKS OF THE RIGHT AND CENTER FEAR WAR, SO THEY DEMAND ANGRY WORDSSteve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-53668362379317033702015-02-19T21:42:43.952-05:002015-02-19T21:42:43.952-05:00The "Rumpelstiltskin" gang.The "Rumpelstiltskin" gang.Glennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03681336164718681936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-15235870332437290582015-02-19T19:21:35.479-05:002015-02-19T19:21:35.479-05:00Whether they understand it or not, conservatives a...Whether they understand it or not, conservatives are screaming for another Vietnam, an opportunity to experience what the Russians did in Afghanistan. A war without any clear objectives against enemies who can't be identified with any precision, in which any tactical "success" will kill non-combatants and create new enemies. A war that will have enormous unforeseeable consequences and which could well end up with America fighting numerous different enemies without knowing how to defeat any of them. A war which will inevitably degenerate into massive, ineffective bombing campaigns because the Homeland won't tolerate the kind of casualties that would accompany a proper infantry war. A war that would probably see America and its handful of allies progressively shamed and discredited in the global community.<br /><br />That's what conservatives are wishing for. I think Obama knows it and thank God he's working hard to prevent it. And if it means he won't chant "Islamic terrorists" like conservative cheerleaders want, tough luck.Ken_Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11709548046018362581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-20789467305146783262015-02-19T12:33:33.206-05:002015-02-19T12:33:33.206-05:00I'm not a big poetry lover but the following l...I'm not a big poetry lover but the following leaped to mind after reading your post:<br /><br /><i>If you can keep your head when all about you <br /> Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, <br />If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,<br /> But make allowance for their doubting too; <br />If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,<br /> Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,<br />Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,...<br /> </i><br /><br />http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/175772<br /><br />Barack Obama may be all that stands between us and the apocalypse. Hold fast, Mr. President.mlbxxxxxxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05931351723996391533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-75482909040516498622015-02-19T11:46:55.424-05:002015-02-19T11:46:55.424-05:00Radical Christians need live babies to grow up dea...Radical Christians need live babies to grow up dead soldiers.<br /><br />I know a little bit about War - 1st US, 7th Cavalry, 3rd Air Amoured Assault, <i> Ranger</i>, 1971, 2 - while. George W Bush was AWOL (Absent Without Leave) from the National Guard (how do you go AWOL from the Guard!?) and I every combat vet I know agree with Vic: everyone of these closet cock-suckers that want War can pull on a pair of boots, pick up a gun and fight it themselves. I'm not gonna' do it, been there, done that; my sons won't do it nor will grandsons. <br /><br />Bear in mind that here in <i> Cascadia</i> even the "Liberals" are heavily armed.Ten Bearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06594307610015584119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-89149747064100230592015-02-19T11:36:49.068-05:002015-02-19T11:36:49.068-05:00Well, who in our political establishment has even ...<i>Well, who in our political establishment has even fought in a war? Who has a kid who's seen combat? I'm struggling to think of a potential 2016 presidential candidate who fits that description. </i><br /><br />Joe Biden, I think.Philo Vaihingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17150326435392881297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-92184540732834117642015-02-19T11:17:00.660-05:002015-02-19T11:17:00.660-05:00My parents lived through WWII on their way from Ru...My parents lived through WWII on their way from Russia and Ukraine, to the Nazi work camps, and then Dislocated Person's Camps, and finally, to America.<br /><br />They had a healthy respect for war, and for the soldiers who fight it, and civilians who are killed and wounded.<br /><br />So, my heart goes out to the people in, or near, areas that ISIS controls - and the people fighting them.<br /><br />But, if our MSM clowns haven't learned from the idiotic run-up to the Iraq War and occupation - in which some of these same people were imbedded - and the occupation of Afghanistan, that the words of politician, both in power, and their opponents, need to be carefully parsed, to look for propaganda and also needless politicking of issues - which many of these same "reporters" and pundits did back then, then there's really no hope for our MSM becoming a rational and objective source of news and information.<br /><br />The same ones who were along for the ride over a decade ago - and suffered no consequences for being horrible wrong - are the same ones now talking about the US sending more ground troops into the smoldering volatile area that W & Dick decided to throw gasoline on.<br /><br />You want to fight?<br />Good.<br />YOU volunteer and go, cowards.<br />Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.com