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calimary

(81,265 posts)
34. I know what we should do about the mess over there now.
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 11:07 AM
Jun 2014

Get America involved again! I'm serious!

Find ALL the neocons. Round 'em all up. Issue them all the proper camo costuming and guns and ammo, give 'em a few sentences about how to operate a parachute, and then airdrop 'em straight down into the fun! THIS is the war you wanted! NOW, YOU get to see it FIRST-HAND! YOU, our LUCKY WINNERS, now have your once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see, feel, smell, hear, and taste WAR!!!! You talked about it! You pushed for it! You hungered for it! NOW, you'll HAVE IT!!!! ALL TO YOURSELVES!!!! Cue the announcer! Johnny Olsen, tell our studio audience and the folks at home what our lucky winners have just WON!!!!!

I'd find georgie, and dickie, and wolfie, and dougie, and rummy, and condi, and all the rest of 'em, bill kristol and charles krauthammer, george will, and the rest of THEM, round 'em up, suit 'em up, and ship 'em out. EVERYBODY who advocated for the war in the first place. They wanted this mess and got it all started. So shouldn't THEY be given the chance to clean it all up?

I'd empty out the whole Pox Noise building. I'd empty out the wrong-wing think tanks - the American Enterprise Institute, the Heritage Foundation, the Cato Institute, the works! Suit 'em up and ship 'em out. Let them see, first-hand and close-up, what war is! You know none of 'em have ever had that opportunity or that noble experience before! It's Golden Opportunity Time for all these armchair warriors! I'd go directly to the so-called "Excellence in Broadcasting Network" and start with limbaugh and offer him this FABULOUS way to lose that ugly fat and unsightly bulges, once and for all! I'd go straight to NRA headquarters, grab wayne lapierre and all those lovely gun goons who are all just itching for a fight, load 'em up and ship 'em out. NOW'S THEIR CHANCE!!!!!!!!! No need to prance around merely posing as guerrillas and snipers and sharpshooters on city streets or our schools or Chipotle or the toy aisle at Target! NO! Those phony civilian scenarios aren't good enough for YOU! Those are for candy-asses! THIS is FOR REAL!!!! YOU deserve nothing but the best - The REAL THING!!! That they've all just DREAMED about!!! Let's see what you got, tough guys! NOW'S YOUR CHANCE!!!!! Now it can be theirs!!! For REAL!!!!!!! Oh the GLORY!!!!! Everybody at the bundy ranch in Nevada? Let's go!!!! Game ON!!!! Show us whatcha got! Let's not let all that God-given talent go to waste! And mccain? Those FIVE wars (FIVE!) for which you voiced such hot-blooded ardent desire during the last GOP convention? You wanted it? YOU GOT IT!!!!! Suit up! Lead the way! Hell, YOU already know what to do 'cause YOU ironically have been there before. So, hey, we'll make YOU a general this time! WHEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

Problem solved, I think.

But we should let history decide bahrbearian Jun 2014 #1
I guess we won't know.... xocet Jun 2014 #31
'Bush to Raise Money for Group That Converts Jews to Bring About Second Coming of Christ' cprise Jun 2014 #38
Thanks for the link. The MJ article is very interesting. n/t xocet Jun 2014 #41
I think back to 2003... jimlup Jun 2014 #2
Short answer.... pocoloco Jun 2014 #4
They weren't just clueless, they were blinded by greed and their own screwball dogma Warpy Jun 2014 #32
I know what we should do about the mess over there now. calimary Jun 2014 #34
Yes! jimlup Jun 2014 #37
How many, would you like to bet RoccoR5955 Jun 2014 #48
i like it barbtries Jun 2014 #50
I said then, and say now: ballyhoo Jun 2014 #3
Watch for It! yellowwoodII Jun 2014 #5
Yep. nt abelenkpe Jun 2014 #10
Hillary would have us back there in a heart beat. L0oniX Jun 2014 #15
It will be interesting to see what she says after her recent "still wrong" comment. CrispyQ Jun 2014 #40
I have a dreadful feeling we'll start hearing a lot of "the war was wrong but we broke it.." arcane1 Jun 2014 #43
Yep. There's always plenty of justification when the corporations can make a buck. -nt CrispyQ Jun 2014 #45
They're gnashing their teeth we didn't stay in Iraq, and are blaming Obama for what's happening now. Martin Eden Jun 2014 #28
W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Condi Rice, and David Rumsfeld ignored the history of the art of war TRoN33 Jun 2014 #6
Agreed. And let's consider what our $2 trillion war has done for the average Iraqi. sinkingfeeling Jun 2014 #7
well, i participated in demonstration(s) Leme Jun 2014 #8
Leme Diclotican Jun 2014 #11
Zero offense meant, in fact a true good for you and those who demonstrated Leme Jun 2014 #20
Leme Diclotican Jun 2014 #25
thinking about it, i may have participated in a protest of the 2nd Iraq war, just few showed up Leme Jun 2014 #22
Leme Diclotican Jun 2014 #29
the meek response from the Democrats convinced me the fix was in, not like I had major doubts anyway Leme Jun 2014 #33
Yep, and since there wasn't a draft, most Americans were cool with it. raccoon Jun 2014 #49
I went to 6 anti-Iraq war demos in 2002/3 T_i_B Jun 2014 #51
T_i_B Diclotican Jun 2014 #9
Rich people must get richer. That's THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE WORLD. valerief Jun 2014 #12
I don't remember Bill Clinton's exact words, but... Jerry442 Jun 2014 #13
It was all about war for profit The Wizard Jun 2014 #14
The Clown Prince says he has a clear conscience. Which is horseshit, of course. Aristus Jun 2014 #16
So when RoccoR5955 Jun 2014 #17
No trials. Let's not bother. Let's have them go over there and fight! calimary Jun 2014 #35
We have been correct so many times... RoccoR5955 Jun 2014 #47
Yeah, true. But a lot of people made money off MIC stocks. raouldukelives Jun 2014 #18
Yet another reason why ... DrBulldog Jun 2014 #19
K&R Paka Jun 2014 #21
We shall hope history puts the blame where blame is due... liberal N proud Jun 2014 #23
Depends on how hard you dig. Igel Jun 2014 #24
I marched in all the pre-war demonstrations from Afghanistan to Iraq lunatica Jun 2014 #26
This message was self-deleted by its author lunatica Jun 2014 #27
I think it's a little more complicated than that and they do not necessarily have to be a underthematrix Jun 2014 #30
Heckuva job, Frat Boy Jack Rabbit Jun 2014 #36
I too marched Girl powers Jun 2014 #39
This message was self-deleted by its author Corruption Inc Jun 2014 #42
Money Trumps Peace! nt stillwaiting Jun 2014 #44
Think Progress "Why The Middle East Is Now A Giant Warzone, In One Terrifying Chart" kristopher Jun 2014 #46
I wish my dad were alive JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #52
Same here. GreenPartyVoter Jun 2014 #53
Yes..we were. Thanks for the post. KoKo Jun 2014 #54
Very true and very sad. LeftishBrit Jun 2014 #55
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