Isn’t it strange that one can be the lying, torture advocating leader of a Constitution shredding, drug dealing, government wrecking, child killing murder machine.  But get caught with a girlfriend and you turn into a bad guy!

Two lamestream media items caught my attention lately.

First: The highly vocal complaints about Senator Hagel’s nomination as war department secretary.

The criticism we hear is Chuck is an enemy of Israel.  Hagel’s concern is the influence of (note there is some imperative to put this in quotes as if it is some fantasy) “Israel’s lobby”.  He does not think jumping into yet another war with a relatively powerful country, that has attacked no one, is a good idea.  Nor does he think an Iranian embargo is a good idea.  Indeed Senator Hagel has the chutzpah to actually say he is an American Senator first and his first duty is to uphold the Constitution!

William Kristol, Benjamin Netanyahu and the war party feel his priorities are misplaced.  Israel always comes first, certainly ahead of you or me.  How else to ensure we do Israel’s heavy lifting for them? Read the rest of this entry »