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January 21, 2007
Pissing off the left and the right in as few sentences as possible 
Reading today's news headlines, I feel the need to address some topics with a touch of common sense:
The US War in Iraq:
I was against it from the start, I'm against it now. But Bush and friends have completlely fucked over the armed services. We need to bring our troops home, but pulling them out will only make it easier for them to get killed , and further destabilize the region we destabilized. We need to signifcantly increase - probably DOUBLE - our troop commitment, and make it safe for a withdrawal. We also need to cut military spending patterns - not the the amount we spend, but how we spend it. So much is going to Halliburton and misc contractors that inflate budgets and price gouge. That money should be going for bulletproof armor that works , and should be going to reopen all the veterans services that Bush and friends decimated.
Immigration:
Anti-immigration people keep joking "If the world hates america, then why does everyone want to live here?" Simple - America is the only country in the entire world where the US doesn't arbitrarily bomb the population, train/fund terrorist leaders to destabilize the government, or invade. Would you rather live in Country A, or Country B which Country A routinely bombs or runs foreign policy programs to keep from developing on a real timeline? I choose A.
Hugo Chavez:
All this 'bush is the devil' and 'down with america' stuff is cute. But liberals need a better person to embrace as the happy Bush hater. Almost half of Venezuela lives in poverty while Chavez and other government officials lead lavish lifestyles funded by the nationalized oil exports and an industrial sector that gets more political patronage than Tom Delay's wet dreams. Venezula also has some of the most caustic environmental policies and practices in the world. Having Chavez in your corner is really nothing to be proud of.
Posted by Jonathan at January 21, 2007 5:26 PM
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