Though the reality is that most of the Congressional races in the US amounted to a race between a pro-war candidate and an even more pro-war candidate and most of the discussions of foreign policy between the two centered on which was which, the results of the election as they trickle in reveal a big win for the “even more pro-war candidate” types both in seats and influence.
As the Republicans consolidate control over the House of Representatives and score big gains in the Senate, their most hawkish members are eagerly snatching up key foreign policy positions, with Howard McKeon (R – CA) looking to head the Armed Services Committee and bringing his support for endless war and “modernization” of nuclear weapons with him.
Other representatves and senators, including Sen. McCain (R – AZ), Rep. Ros-Lehtinen (R – FL) and Rep. Eric Cantor (R – VA) also look to dramatically increase their influence, and to the extent any of them criticizes the Obama Administration’s hawkish positions it seems, invariably, to be for being not hawkish enough.
Congressional rubber stamps for the wars are nothing new, but they seem poised to continue in a big way for the next two years (and indeed the forseeable future after that), and any hope the remaining antiwar Dems had for closing Guatanamo Bay or securing nuclear arms reductions will likely go out the window.
Big win for the hawks?
Nope BIG win for those of us who have wanted hopers, dems, libertarians, teapartiers to wake up.
OK hell will freeze over before Justin stops supporting Washington and the MSM on 911, but …
This not a wonder and reflects despression and lack of wisdom in the public but most notorious in american media which has portraid and public opinion on the wars. This is a war thirsty country may be there are elements of British, German French Dänish bloodthirsty people. Here one element or two have been ommited in the comment i.e. Jews and Indians. This is a war against humanity and i am sure the whole nation will have to bear consequences e.g. ruins of economy and society.
God bless america and safe the killings of Muslims for their hegomony and kill the masses. if you digging for others think you can fell too.
Votes of American people haven't counted for well over a decade…the fix is in. American democracy is a sham, an illusion, and now a corpse. This is a fact, not conjecture. GWB got two terms via compromised voting machines, screwed the country over, then gave Dems some temporary power so everything can be blamed on them. Now the GOP is coming back to "do things differently" and fix our country? Horseshit.
Americans are too stupid and complacent to do anything about it, the PTB know this. Psychopathy Gone Wild.
2014 is Year Zero. Everything changes…in ways you cannot imagine.
Shine your light on 2014…… I find it dark there…. I can't see…. Illuminate for US your vision of 2014…!! Those here are hungry for prophetic pronouncements ……
I thought Obama would lead us out of the darkness, but when he chose Rahm, I knew the hope was a dream…….
Are there really clever people who are good and not drawn to theft and genocide or are they all corrupt murdering bastards…………..
Take us to 2014 lightbringer…. Show us what you see……..
Americans will be able to sing their famous lines, "and the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air", with even more gusto. Does anyone kow of another country that glorifies war as much as the USA does in its national anthem?
Obama proved it really did not matter D or R. The only way to vote against the warfare/police state was Prop 19 in California and maybe Prop 203 in Arizona. Both failed by smallish amounts.
If you want to move on you can support the British National Party and the Dutch Freedom Party. Both are anti foreign interventionist and anti immigrant, so you might want to review their policy positions.
For extreme optimists the election of Lou Barletta in Pennsylvania may indicate something is changing as he is opposed to a training camp for the State Department's paramilitary corps. He is in rural, fading industrial district in Pa coal country where you would normally expect the idea of a government job shooting guns to be popular. As mayor of Hazelton Barletta is also characterized as anti illegal immigrant.
We interrupt your daily kvetching with a message from your overlords… "OK then. Good job to all you boot licking slaves. With your ability to not think rationally or remember anything, and cower like the simpering whiny poodles that you are, we'd never have been able to keep up this sad charade. Our egos and our bank accounts thank you. Now back to your knees and what you're good at."
Grand Slam outta D'ballpark comment………
Look at the good side: the Republicans are now the targets of the Tea Party. Remember that the Tea Party movement began during a Republican administration in response to the TARP bailout. Tea Partiers do not like corporatism or big business. It's a populist movement, generally oriented to the view that all politicians today are crooks. They voted for Republicans this election only as the lesser evil. But now the anger will be directed to Republicans. And it's only a matter of time before they figure out how Neocons have sold out the country.
Like any movement, the Tea Party has different factions. My suggestion would be for the anti-war left to work with the anti-war right, and to make that a priority.
John Ueb,
The neocons aren't stupid enough to let that happen. Give the devils their due. They have infiltrated the teaparties now with warmongers like Palin and DeMint leading the charge. The antiwar left without the support of their warmongering collegues went down to defeat to the neocons, like in Wisconsin.
Ron Paul stands alone against the neocons – even deserted by his son.
Right, give the Neocon devils their due. But in the final analysis, all the devils can do is make you suffer for the sake of truth: they can't deny truth or convince you to abandon it.
Partly what the Tea Party is about is a clash of epistemologies. The Neocons dominate the media, and, in a manner of speaking, the intelligentsia today. But when you go to a Tea Party and speak up, the heart, not the mouth does the talking. Bring any Neocons to the local city park and let me debate them in front of real human beings. They won't do it, because they can't handle reality.
Tea Parties, stripping aside all false concepts and intellectual analysis, are an assertion of reality in response to an increasingly unreal and overly abstract culture. You go to a Tea Party — fresh air, grass, sun, weather, other people — your neighbors. You *see* what's going on with them. How they're suffering, worried and confused. And if you've got integrity — as hopefully many people still do — you gain courage and resolution to fight the oppressive system. Others see this and gain the courage to endure and fight themselves. Forget what the talking heads say about Tea Parties. Resist every false concept the insane media throws about about a movement that is, at its core, an attempt to affirm sanity.
They will have to cut military spending to balance the budget. No choice. The gig's up. Republicans are going to have to choose between what they want more, warfare or small government. The most interesting political battle of the next 2 years will be between hawks and true fiscal conservatives like Ron & Rand Paul. That's really the only significant ideological battle that's taking place in American politics. The rest is pure noise and propaganda.
What a wonderful thing democracy has become, or for that matter, it's moral equivalent, prostitution! It seems like the crazies have won, but look in the shadows behind the crazies and you'll see that it's the greedy who have won again, as they always do, because…. well, because money does work, propaganda coming from 360 over and over, day and night, from the top paid psychologists and mind manipulaters… How could they lose ? They always win. And even if they did lose, with their money it's only a matter of time before the elected officials come around to see things their way. Money is so respectable. The rich are not bums. They dress well, look good, and have great friends in high places. It's like the American military. Nobody can touch them, they're too good, too well equipped, but they can sure hurt themselves. They end up crashing on their own hubris, not because anybody stopped them. In the end they do themselves in. They drive themselves, and us too, over the cliff.