You stab 'em, we slab 'em

It is so infuriating that it is not possible at this time in American history to both be against the war and to be for our troops. It is such a bullshit argument that is thrown at us by the Right that these two principles cannot simultaneously exist. But, in spite of its obvious breaches in logic, it still hits us all where it hurts us the most. Like a dagger, it hits us straight in the heart where our own patriotism resides. How dare someone call me a traitor when warmongering such as what we have seen in this administration is a treachery of the highest possible degree? Sometimes the world is topsy-turvy…sometimes it is made to be that way, devoid of logic, because those in power, those with such outlandish ideas, only have a hope of staying in power when even fundamental truths remain in question.

I was talking to Chris about the way that Republicanss have come up with this extremely effective and crippling conundrum. He said that it reminded him of the Dolchstosslegende—meaning "Dagger in the Back Legend." (You can look this up in Wikipedia spelled just as it is here.) The Dolchstosslegende was a propaganda move by the burgeoning Nazi Party after World War I, used to incite hatred towards the left-leaning government of the Weimar Republic, in power at the time. It was a campaign that accused the people of Germany for having lost the First World War as a result of their own cowardice and lack of support for the German troops. This mass propaganda worked well, drawing to it World War I veterans and conservatives who claimed that those who did not stand with them were against them and the troops. Sound familiar? That's right, it is the very thing of which the conservatives in America are accusing the newly-elected Congress. In fact, judging from the passing of this new toothless $100 billion Iraq spending bill, they have become emasculated by the very idea that they may even appear as unpatriotic.

The war will only end when the money to the war is cut off. But, if the Democrats are so sensitive to their re-electability that they can't do the right thing by shutting off the money spigot, we are, pardon my French, fucked. God, these people have turned out to be a bunch of mealy-mouthed pussies.