We're not at war with Iran.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

I just wanted to remind everybody that.

The United States is not at war with Iran.

They are not our enemy.

Iran is no threat to us. They're not going to drop WMDs on our cities, or violate our white wimmin, or sap our precious bodily fluids.

Ahmadinejad is not Hitler. He's not Stalin, or Mao, or Pol Pot, or even Osama Hussein. He's just another conservative president.

I just wanted to remind everybody of that. Because there's this really weird vibe floating around. And I think it's got to do with Ahmadinejad visiting the UN. Weirdos like Glenn Beck are freaking out about Ahmadinejad coming to NYC for diplomatic purposes, as if the UN and New Yorkers are traitors to our country for letting him in. And I think people like Beck and others freaked out are the symptom, not the disease.

Seriously, there's just this weird vibe. Like when your attorney pulls a knife on you. Things just go completely fucking sideways.

It reminds me back in the Cold War, say in the eighties, when Gorbachev or somebody would pay a state visit to New York. And the paranoid, mullet wearing, Nuge listening Cold Warriors would freak out about it, as if he was smuggling in the Red Army in his trousers.

Seriously, people. Enough with this shit. It was dumb enough back in the eighties.

[liberal N proud]

1. YET!

If the * regime has their way we will be attacking them with in months.

[whistle]

2. But Dick Cheney says we are in every speech and TV talk he makes...

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Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld Diagnosed as 'Waraholics'
By Rick Gell, AlterNet
Posted on September 12, 2006, Printed on September 13, 2006
http://www.alternet.org/story/41472/
waraholic (war-a-hol-ic) adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or caused by war 2. a person addicted to armed conflict 3. a person suffering from a diseased condition caused by an excessive use of war

On Sept. 12, 2001, the waraholics fell off the wagon and Democrats became the great enablers.

For waraholics, the world is simple -- good and bad, friend or foe, patriot or traitor. God is always on their side.

For waraholics, there are no bad wars, only wars badly fought. Vietnam wasn't a failure, but a missed opportunity.

For waraholics, problems are solved with more troops, more bombing, more strategy, more tactics, and, of course, more wars.

Gulf War I wasn't a success, but a failure to finish the job.

For waraholics, negotiation, diplomacy and international aid are for wimps. And the U.N. just gets in the way.

And while a "just war" makes sense to just about everyone, for a waraholic it is the answer to almost every worldwide problem.

And like all addicts, waraholic will invariably binge, hit bottom and leave a trail of broken lives, debt and sorrow.

The waraholics' latest binge, after a long quiet period following a major bender in Vietnam, started five years ago -- on Sept. 11, 2001. Using a tragic event as an excuse to fall off the wagon is classic addict.
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http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/41472/

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3. That weird vibe you're feeling is the collective anguish of the Right-wing

They won't be able to finish the war they started back in March 2003. The adults have taken away their beebee guns after they shot up the neighborhood and got caught by the Constable.

Some of the boy marksmen are headed to juvenile court, and there's talk of reform school. Their game of war is over.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

4. I don't think it's just right wing.

It seems to be consuming idiots on both sides of the aisle.

[valerief]

5. "Yeah, but we COULD be. They COULD want to kill your

family and you. We must adapt to win."

:sarcasm:

[gumby]

6. But, but, but,

We've always been at war with Iran.
Or is that Eastasia?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

7. kick