What's wrong Progressives, afraid to even bump this thread?
Progressives were hoodwinked. They voted for the candidate who was against the Iraq War, and they got Bush III.
I remember when there was an attempt to shine a light on civilian deaths in Iraq. The people on the Right refused to even discuss it. The mere mention of civilian Iraqi deaths meant you hated America, or you were lying.
Wonder how you feel about Vietnam. Innocent American soldiers were sent off to be slaughtered because of Cold War hysteria. You should read a book called "Washington's China". It's about the State Department's absolute and total paranoia over China in the 50s. Rightwing hawks convinced both sides of the political aisle that the USA faced the gravest threat form China, and only a forward military policy would work to keep communism from spreading. These were the days of McCarthy when anti-communism was used to move the Right from Isolationism to Interventionism, and it was decided that the USA needed to take a hugely interventionist role in Asia. You ever heard the Nixon tapes on Cambodia? Communism was everywhere - and like terrorism, it's always spreading. Communists are hiding under the bed.
And the anti-war Left, who was protesting the slaughter, didn't take the communist threat seriously enough.
Remember the Domino Theory? First Vietnam, then Hawaii, then Sacramento. Commies everywhere. The Left sent LBJ packing but Nixon ran with the hysteria.
It always starts with the hawks deciding that there is a national security interest at stake in a far away land. And like Bush, they subject the American people to color coded warnings until average citizens are convinced that evil doers are everywhere. And then we drop bombs.
Just wait my friend. 2016 coming, and the Right will re-take the White House. And guess what? They are going to bring back the War on Terrorism on steroids. You ain't seen nothing yet. Obama ain't got nothing on the Bush/Chaney team, despite his best effort.
Funny how Ron Paul and Noam Chomsky agree on some things.