Why do we keep meddling?

Thanks to antiwar.com for linking to a great article that appeared in The Huffington Post. Articles like this don't appear in the mainstream media; the "msm" waters issues down and has pretty much become an outlet for government information (dare I use the word "propaganda?").

As you can see when you read it here, we (well, not us, but the elected ones and their lackeys), keep meddling in the affairs of other nations. Nothing makes us less safe than causing mayhem and stirring up trouble all over the globe. This article is disturbing. If McCain wins, will his presidency simply be a continuation of America's aggressive foreign policy, as the article suggests?

It seems we find trouble even in small places like the former Soviet republic of Georgia. Pretty soon Americans won't be able to travel anywhere.

Read the article carefully!

The Cold War is back

In order to make Russia happy, the U.S. just signed a deal to build a missile defense system in Poland just 115 miles from the Russian border. What a way to make friends! Pure insanity. The Polish government is run by fools. Instead of dismantling what they've got, declaring themselves neutral and friends with all, they've decided, along with our infinite wisdom, to put themselves in harm's way once again. I guess WWII wasn't devastating enough.

I guess the powers that be in Washington, D.C. decided that since things are "going well" in Iraq, they'd better step up the pressure on Russia. Maybe Russia should put a missile defense system 115 miles from Washington to shut up the Pentagon.

U.S. foreign policy and Georgia

The U.S. Constitution does not authorize, or even mention, all of the interventions, foreign entanglements, installations of heads of state, etc., that our government is involved in on a daily basis. We are beginning to reap what we have sown: most people around the globe don't care much for us. Why should they? We stick our noses in almost everyone's business, which is reckless and expensive.

Here's a nice, short article by Sheldon Richman that appeared on antiwar.com today. Kind of sums up our foolish foreign policy. By the way, if you get your news from the mainstream media, you're probably extremely misinformed.

McCain, the neocons, and constant war

This article that appeared on antiwar.com states, and I believe it is absolutely true, that John McCain is another George W. Bush and will invade Iran. At a minimum, he'll order massive air strikes against them to "teach them a lesson." He's scared me throughout the last year, and every other phrase out of his mouth is "extreme Islamic radicalism," or something similar. As bad as a Democratic president will be, with socialized medicine, they will be less likely (we hope) to attack or invade Iran.