War: What is it good for?

Absolutely nothin'! I mean it. Yes, there were wars like the Crusades that introduced Europe to spices and different ways to cook goat, but war does so much irrepairable harm than good. Think of all the hundreds of billions we spent on the Iraq war when so many people are in trouble in our country. Think of all the families, on both sides, that will forever be without a father, brother, son, uncle, or other male figure. Yet, somehow, I'm supposed to feel bad that I want to bring our troops home? I'm supposed to feel unpatriotic, unAmerican, because I'm against war? Fuck that. You know, if the Iraqi people truly wish to be free and have a democratic government, WE can't help them. They have to help themselves. They have to want it and strive for it. I'm not saying that we made things easier for them, but we did remove a major obstacle that was in their path. Now we have to back off and let them sort it out. Unfortunately, it has to be that way. I believe it was Benjamin Franklin that once said, "That which we attain too easily, we esteem too lightly." By going in there and constantly warring against insurgents, all we're doing is trying to hand them a government on a silver platter. It can't work that way.

Personally, I hate to see death and violence. It sickens me. I get sad just seeing a squirrel run over on the road. While it does take good people to stand up and overcome a tyrrany, those people have to exist within your own country. They have to be willing to stand up and do the job for themselves. The American troops have done all they can and it is pointless to spend another five years killing everyone that takes up arms against us. Enough of that, though.

I'd also like to mention something about patriotism. How is it that Republicans have monopolized the concept of patriotism? Are we really patriots if we rename french fries to "freedom fries"? Are we then patriots only if we eat the "freedom fries"? Are we patriots if we drive around in SUVs with stickers of flags that say "We remember 9/11"? Are we patriots only if we support this fucking war? Are we only patriots if we think we should keep troops over in Iraq for an indeterminate amount of time? Fuck no. America was formed by dissent. We disagreed with our current government and took up arms against them and our neighbors and killed and raised bloody hell and anarchy. When we were done with that, we took our Articles of Confederation and threw them out the window to pretty much create an entirely new government than the one previously agreed upon. After we expanded from coast to coast, based on Manifest Destiny, stealing land from people that had been there thousands of years before we were, we went to war with each other because we didn't want to give up slaves. Now, I'm all for Repulicans hijacking that concept of patriotism, as it would really accentuate what fucking hypocritical bastards they really are. Don't spoonfeed me that the only way to be a patriotic American is by believing that our country is right in all things, can go around killing whomever we wish, overthrow governments, and pretending that we can teabag any nation that doesn't agree with us. Those are not the things I believe in and I'm sure as hell a patriotic American.

In conclusion, Obama won, get over it. He's not the antichrist. He's not the end of American life as we know it. The war will end by his hand, things will get better, and in four (or eight) years, you'll all be kissing his black ass and saying "Thank you, sir."