Chris Floyd on Tony Blair and Barack Obama: masters of war

[lwcon]

MLK and Gandhi, without all that sissy shit:

After claiming to be the personal embodiment of King and Gandhi's philosophy of non-violent action, Obama gives the game away with this line: "I face the world as it is." Those other two guys, they were just dreamers, they were unrealistic, they were unserious; they didn't "face the world as it is," they weren't savvy and pragmatic, like me. I have to go to war because I'm a head of state "sworn to protect and defend my nation."

Please K&R if you'd like other DUers to read the linked post.

[Octafish]

1. End the War Party

Peace is harder to achieve than war because the people with the guns don't make as much money. And the people with money own Washington lock, stock and barrel.

[lwcon]

2. Remember when it was the biggest joke in the world that Sarah Palin didn't know what...

...the "Bush Doctrine" was?

Obama doesn't just know it, it turns out he loves it -- claiming it as his own... and everyone else's!

I — like any head of state — reserve the right to act unilaterally if necessary to defend my nation.

[Octafish]

3. A good friend of mine said the guy may be getting a big head from being C-in-C...

...coupled with an inferiority complex from never wearing a uniform.

From Chris Hedges:

Gravel’s Lament: Fighting Another Dumb War

[lwcon]

4. Great link, thanks! n/t

[lwcon]

5. That inspired this post (see link). Thx, again!

http://vastleft.blogspot.com/2009/12/what-mike-gravel-and-chris-hedges-said.html