Reply #2: Another Great Post

[Goldstein1984]

The majority of Democrats showed their true colors when their opposition to Bush's war transmogrified into support for Obama's war. They'll offer a bunch of rationalizations about why it's different now, but it's just political subterfuge.

This is about Power. Those who now believe they have a grasp on power care as little as the previous group about what they must do, what rules they must break, what principles they must violate, to hold onto Power. The Powers That Be have no more inhibitions about resorting to the same arguments about "vital national interests" (Does anybody see the word "defense" in that?) used by The Powers That Were.

But here's the national joke: The Powers That Be ARE The Powers That Were. And TPTB/TPTW isn't we the people or our elected representatives. The people are a minor technicality that can be dealt with by election year marketing methods, and the elected officials are just purchased once they step inside the Beltway.

As to why the majority of people don't care about the war, I've come to the simple conclusion that it's because it isn't them doing the sacrificing. The majority of either party isn't serving in the military, and they aren't even paying the real time cost of the wars. ESPN is still transmitting, the Budweiser is still flowing, and the majority of Americans still have jobs. What's to oppose?

Thank you for your posts.