Our soldiers are weary from repeated deployments, and suffering record high rates <http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Military/2012/0120/Army-report-Suicide- r...>of PTSD, alcohol abuse, and suicides. ---- interventionism is a bitch
On Mar 7, 8:36 am, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > New post on *Fellowship of the Minds* > <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/author/eowyn2/> > Warmongers<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2012/03/07/warmongers/>by > Dr. Eowyn <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/author/eowyn2/> > warmonger <http://www.thefreedictionary.com/warmonger> *n.* One who > advocates or attempts to stir up war. > > Even before he did anything as President, Barry Soetoro was awarded a Nobel > Peace Prize. > > Since that award, Obama supposedly ended the U.S. war in Iraq, but our > forces are still there. Obama launched air strikes against Libya ("no > troops on the ground!"), and dispatched a naval flotilla (including an > aircraft carrier) to the Persian Gulf against Iran, and our soldiers are > stuck in a losing war in Afghanistan, which has become the longest U.S. war. > > Now, in the name of human rights, three GOP senators, with a combined age > of 202, are urging Nobel Peace Prize winner to start yet another war -- attack > Syria<http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/senators-urge-obama-strike-assads...> > . > > Senators John McCain, Joe Lieberman, and Lindsey Graham issued a joint > statement > today<http://mccain.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressOffice.Pres...>urging > the Obama administration to act on Syria: > > “[I]f requested by the Syrian National Council and the Free Syrian Army, > the United States should help organize an international effort to protect > civilian population centers in Syria through airstrikes on Assad’s forces. > To be clear: This will first require the United States and our partners to > suppress the Syrian regime’s air defenses in at least part of the country. > > The ultimate goal of airstrikes should be to protect civilian population > centers from Assad’s killing machine and establish safe havens in which > opposition forces can organize, rest, refit, and plan their political and > military activities against Assad. These safe havens could serve as > platforms for the delivery of humanitarian and military assistance – > including weapons and ammunition, body armor and other personal protective > equipment, tactical intelligence, secure communications equipment, food and > water, and medical supplies. These safe havens could also help the Free > Syrian Army and other armed groups in Syria to train and organize > themselves into more cohesive and effective military forces, likely with > the assistance of foreign partners, and provide political space for the > Syrian National Council to organize on Syrian soil." > > <http://fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/vanity-fair-mcca...> > > John McCain is 75 years old. > > Joe Lieberman is 70 years old. > > Lindsey Graham will be 57 this July. > > Old men start wars. But it's young men (and women) who die. > > Our military is stretched thin, its budget and health plans being hacked by > the Obama administration. Our soldiers are weary from repeated deployments, > and suffering record high rates > <http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Military/2012/0120/Army-report-Suicide-r...>of > PTSD, alcohol abuse, and suicides. > > I say we send McCain, Lieberman, and Graham to fight in Syria. > > H/t beloved Tina > > *~Eowyn* > *Dr. Eowyn <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/author/eowyn2/>* | > March 7, 2012 at 5:46 am | Tags: Afghan > war<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=afghan-war>, > Assad regime <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=assad-regime>, > Barack > Obama <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=barack-obama>, > Iran<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=iran>, > Iraq war <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=iraq-war>, Joe > Lieberman <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=joe-lieberman>, John > McCain <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=john-mccain>, Lindsey > Graham <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=lindsey-graham>, miitary > suicide > rate<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=miitary-suicide-rate>, > Persian Gulf <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=persian-gulf> | > Categories: 2012 > Election<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?cat=4934384>, > Congress <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?cat=4308>, > Islam<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?cat=420>, > Military <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?cat=33806753>, Republican > Party <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?cat=56189>, United > States<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?cat=5850>, > US Presidents <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?cat=51656283> | > URL:http://wp.me/pKuKY-cXV > > > Comment<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2012/03/07/warmongers/#respond> > See all > comments<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2012/03/07/warmongers/#comments> > > Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage > Subscriptions<https://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=7f89380f46003915c34c2cdd2b126a38...>. > > *Trouble clicking?* Copy and paste this URL into your > browser:http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2012/03/07/warmongers/ > Thanks for flying with WordPress.com <http://wordpress.com/> -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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