Jason Ditz is Neville Chamberlain, sans the garter belts and high heels On Nov 4, 10:29 am, MJ <[email protected]> wrote: > Midterm Elections a Big Win for HawksPro-Intervention Republicans to See > Major Gains in Influenceby Jason Ditz, November 02, 2010 > Though the reality is that most of the Congressional races in the US amounted > to a race between a pro-war candidate and an even more pro-war candidate and > most of the discussions of foreign policy between the two centered on which > was which, the results of the election as they trickle in reveal a big win > for the “even more pro-war candidate” types both in seats and influence. > As theRepublicans consolidate control over the House of Representatives and > score big gains in the Senate, their most hawkish members are eagerly > snatching up key foreign policy positions, with Howard McKeon (R – CA)looking > to head the Armed Services Committee and bringing his support for endless war > and “modernization” of nuclear weapons with him. > Otherrepresentatves and senators, including Sen. McCain (R – AZ), Rep. > Ros-Lehtinen (R – FL) and Rep. Eric Cantor (R – VA) also look to dramatically > increase their influence, and to the extent any of them criticizes the Obama > Administration’s hawkish positions it seems, invariably, to be for being not > hawkish enough. > Congressional rubber stamps for the wars are nothing new, but they seem > poised to continue in a big way for the next two years (and indeed the > forseeable future after that), and any hope the remaining antiwar Dems had > for closing Guatanamo Bay or securing nuclear arms reductions will likely go > out the > window.http://news.antiwar.com/2010/11/02/midterm-elections-a-big-win-for-hawks/
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