Thursday, September 04, 2008

Every Threat Gets a War

The Republicans made it very clear last night that they're going to follow every madman into the gates of hell. How far away are those fiery gates? At least seven years and counting, since that's how long Osama has been on the run.

So the question I have for Ms. Executive Experience Palin is, how many "madmen" are you going to march into hell for? Kim Jong-il? Ahmadinejad? Putin? How much money will you borrow from China to pay for it? (on top of the money we've already borrowed following Saddam into the Gates of Hell. And since Saddam is the only madman actually in hell, can't we go home now?)

The U.S. faces serious threats around the globe. But every threat doesn't warrant a war. By mocking Obama's more reasoned, conservative approach to foreign affairs, the Republicans seem to want to meet every threat with war.

Here's the irony: The Bush Administration finally gets it. They've reached out diplomatically to both North Korea and Iran.

I begin to fear a McCain Administration will make the Bush Administration look relatively dovish.

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