Letters to the Editor
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McCain and Company Don't Have to Think
They have the cross wrapped in the flag. With that magical combo they can start as many wars as they like. That they may not be able to win a single one won't matter, because if they were to take us into Iran we'd be like a one-armed paperhanger for an indefinite period and there'd be no time for anyone to think about anything even slightly less important than simply surviving.
McCain and Co. labor under a delusion which, if it could be attributed to something like Alzheimer's, might at least allow us to restrain them. Hell, already Osama Bin Laden is attempting to broker the election by invoking the same sort of "Chaos Principle" the neocons have (according to Rush Limbaugh anyway), employed to extend the Democratic nomination battle. Since Bin Laden is similar to McCain (and if so, then not dissimilar to Hillary Clinton in some respects), the only worthy path is one which extends conflict out beyond the horizon. They all play into each others' hands and make each other complete because they are essentially the same. The fact that McCain is so painfully ignorant of his middle eastern counterparts is not nearly as big a concern as the potential catastrophe (or, as Duh-byah called it, perhaps a "catostrophic success", his follow up to his grand "Mission Accomplished" debacle) which would ensue.
I continue to believe either Democratic candidate could upend McCain in the general, and by the time one of them actually gets the nod in August, they will likely have exposed every one of each others' skeletons-in-the-closet, so there won't be anything of substance for the Republican catapult to launch. The Upright Spike of 2009 only exists in the remote possibility of McCain actually being elected.
We can still prevent this.