The Lengthy Afghanistan War

There's a poll that says people are turned off on the Afghanistan war.

Maybe they're just now realizing we're still over there, doing what? The little light clicked over my head the other day too when there was a report about the war on TV. I asked out loud, "We haven't won that war yet? What's going on?"

Why are these wars endless? It makes you wonder how World War II ever managed to be wrapped up so speedily. Wars these days are like highway construction. A guy goes on the crew right out of high school and he's 65 and retiring before they get the road open.

The Iraq war has been a stumper for me. The Iraqis had no army beyond the first day, no navy, no air force, no coast guard, no nothing. And we've been over there since 2003! Hitler had an army, a navy, an air force, and we beat him in less time. Hitler! Whose name is synonymous with the baddest ass ever! He was evil, I'll give him that. He just didn't know how to pace it.

We're fighting these wars -- I'm convinced of it -- just to keep the military contractors happy. It's all wink-wink, put in another division.

Obama In Iraq

President Obama is overseas and he made a "surprise visit" to Iraq. I wish I would've predicted that the other day. I didn't think of it, to be honest, but just a little thought would have suggested the likelihood.

Anytime you have a president overseas, the chances that he's going to drop in on the soldiers in Iraq should be a given.

Remember that time that Obama was overseas and he didn't go visit the troops because the Defense department said he shouldn't? He was reamed out royally by that by McCain, who also, by the way, reportedly had a companion ad to ream him out royally if he did go visit them. It's kind of one of those selective outrage things that liars like to do.

Well, suck on this, McCain. Now he's president and he can visit or not visit any old way he sees fit. It's nice to have power, huh? To have the Bush criminals out of the way who were using the Defense department in a political way in those terrible years.

Bush started this "surprise visit" stuff to Iraq. But every time he did it, it was for Bush's advantage. The guy didn't care a bit about the troops. It's nice to see Obama over there though. Finally someone we can trust.

It is up to D.B. Kundalini to end the war

OK, I hereby end it. Done.

The headline is the headline of an email I got, putting the ending of the war right in my personal lap. I like that, being a man of responsibility and action. I really don't mind. If it is up to me, I will end it, and herewith do end it.

But then the body of the letter isn't specifically on my personal power to accomplish this task. It says, "Our leaders in Washington aren't going to end the War in Iraq unless we make them." So there's a "we" that need to make the "leaders" end the War.

Then it goes on to tell me that knocking on 5 doors or 50 will have something to do with this.

Signed, Democracy for America.

A McCain Victory No Matter What

Hey, you remember how we had the Iraq war going along? Lots of senseless violence and terrible misery all those years? And our government was telling us it was going great? Then when it came time for "the surge," suddenly they admitted that it hadn't been going great then, but now with "the surge" a lot of important benchmarks would be met and we would make progress. But then, as before "the surge," when the benchmarks weren't met they told us again that things were going great. That's where we are today.

Back before, things weren't going great but they were. And now things aren't going great but they are. (Caution: If you choose to believe these people, don't be surprised when you later find out they were lying.)

John McCain is banking his presidential hopes on this very thing. Even if the war's not going great, he's going to say it is. No matter what. And by the time everyone realizes he was wrong again (or lying), you see, the election will be over.

So here's the point of my post today: Let's say John McCain loses the election by five points. Because he sees everything as going great even when it's not, he will think he won. You see? If he wins, he wins. If he loses, in his mind he still wins!

Four More Years!

George Bush, er, I mean, John McCain gives Iraq a blank check in terms of money and time. If it takes a hundred years, that's OK. It's "not too important" if we ever bring the troops home and end the war. Four more years! 100 more years!