Why Elections Matter - The Empire Doesn't Strike Back

Today Obama announced that he will not be sending troops to Iraq to quell the insurgency.

This is why elections matter.

John McCain is banging the drums of war as we speak. That vein down the middle of his forehead is about to explode he wants war so badly. Meanwhile, Mitt Romney's foreign policy advisors were made up of Bush era neo-cons. Anybody care to venture a guess as to what they and the campaign dollars they represent would be advocating right now? A McCain or Romney Presidency right now might quite well mean the US being "greated as liberators" on seven (7!!!) fronts. Let's count them: Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Egypt, Syria, and perhaps even North Korea and the Ukraine.

So people can hate Obama all they want, but our best young people aren't being killed, maimed, or irreparably altered in a never ending unwinnable political war paid for with borrowed funds courtesy of the People's Republic of China.

And for those who do want ground troops in Iraq and elsewhere I have but one question, are you willing to increase your income taxes in the form of a war tax to pay for it? Cause if not, then on behalf of the younger generations -born and unborn- who will have to pay for your war mongering, shut the fuck about it.