There was virtually no daylight between Obama and Romney
when it came to making preposterous claims for the future of the Empire last
night.
On Syria, both candidates voiced their commitment to arming
and maintaining “good” rebels. That means rebels “we” can work with and trust,
as opposed to rebels who are happy to take our guns and our money today and
shoot us in the back tomorrow.
This of course means an extensive network of boots on the
ground to ensure that we can distinguish between the “good” rebels and Al
Qaeda, because after all, those folks pretty much all look the same.
Boots on the ground will of necessity be carrying around
armed Americans of one sort or another, be they “private contractors”, CIA, or
regular forces. That means targets for those rebels who do not share our enthusiasm
for freedom and democracy, which means our wars and our casualties can never
end until these foolish fantasies of middle east hegemony are abandoned.
Our reckless love for freedom and democracy has thus far
made a shambles of Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and Mali. Syria is very much a
work in progress but signs are encouraging that this will be the greatest
shambles yet and may well take down Lebanon and Turkey with it.
Now that Ron Paul is safely out of the race there is no one
left to raise an opposing voice to this madness.
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