Here Comes Emperor Netanyahu

The GOP controlled congress, in order to embarrass the Obama administration, has invited Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to address the US Congress. The objective is to stir up a war between the US and Iran. No other leader from any other country in the world would be allowed to interfere in American politics in this way. Not to mention that a war like that would be a disaster not only for the US and Iran, but for the entire world. The same mob of chickenhawk warmongers and professional Islamophobes are exploiting the recent terrorist in France to push their twisted agendas. This is reminiscent of the thinking of the Bush II administration. The warmongers used the attacks of 9/11/2001 to urge the invasion of Iraq, even though Iraq had nothing to do with those attacks. The odd thing about the warmongers is that they never learn anything, but keep pushing this country into wars without thinking of the consequences.

As for Netanyahu, the administration should tell him that given security concerns, it would be best for him not to visit the US at this time. That would be a "diplomatic" solution to the problem.

Tucson Az Shooting

Deomcratic Congressperson Gabrielle Giffords was shot in Tucson Arizona but is expected to recover. Federal Judge John Roll was killed in the attack. At least one other person was killed. Several were wounded details not yet clear. The shooter was Jared Lee Loughner an anti-government fanatic.

More details later.

The Right Goes Crazy

We are still puzzling over the insanity of the so-called Hutaree militia, who were planning to go on a killing spree of police officers and which they believed would bring about the final confrontation with the anti-Christ (whom they seemed to believe is Barack Obama). Now it turns out that lunatics calling themselves "Guardians of the Free Republics" have been sending letters to various governors warning them to leave office or else.

It is easy to dismiss the "Hutarees" and such like as backwoods ignoramuses. Except that this climate of fear and hatred could produce the next Timothy McVeigh. We have spent the better part of the previous decade fearing "Islamofascists" that we have forgotten that terrorism is merely a tactic which can be used by any group. Eventually, a bunch of ultra-right extremists could destroy America, and succeed where Hitler, Stalin, Mao, and Bin Laden failed.

We are probably our own worst enemies.