"What if they gave a war and nobody came?"

[Jackpine Radical]

I've been waiting more than 50 years to see what happens then. Maybe we're about to find out.

[valerief]

1. Unfortunately, there's always a new generation who buy the bullshit and take up

arms to protect the uber-wealthy's property.

[Jackpine Radical]

2. "Those who refuse to learn from the past…"

It is not in the interest of the .001% to teach succeeding generations about the horrors of past wars.

[Raksha]

3. K & R - I see you posted this on September 7th. It appears that your words were prophetic.

[kenny blankenship]

4. What an ignominious end to John Kerry's career.

Still, though they failed to get approval to go war led by a marching band, they may get a war by loophole and contingency clause. A backdoor war. Even Bushler's Iraq War featured 3rd parties on whom responsibility could be alternately foisted and then stripped from. Old version: Uh Oh, the UN inspectors can't make Saddam give up his (nonexistent) weapons, guess this means the "Or Else" clause is now automatically activated.

New version: Uh Oh, the UN inspectors say they can't account for all of Assad's weapons (to our complete satisfaction)- guess this means the "Or Else" clause gets activated... We don't want to go to war mind you, but a contract is a contract and the contingency clause is there in language approved by the Senate, so... bombs away!