Joe and Iraq and Lebanon, Too

I need a little help.

Lieberman is in a battle with a millionaire named Lamont to see who gets to put the little D by his name come fall. Whoopee. The far left--as opposed to the real revolutionaries who have, sensibly, given up on the voting process--is excited about this one. See, because the far left doesn't like the War in Iraq. This I know. They also don't like Bush, or the Republicans, and many other people and ideas who are some how connected to either. Thus, despite years of service in the Senate--it's always service, I don't know why; I thought service was something you do when you violate parole--Lieberman has drawn the ire of the far left, because, not only does he not hate President Bush, but he also thinks the War in Iraq was a good idea.

However, they love Lamont because, from what I understand, if elected, he will vote against going to war with Iraq. This seems a rash promise, seeing how we're already there. I don't know what Lamont's views are on any of the other issues. In fairness, I haven't been following the story very closely, but more importantly, I don't think anyone cares. The chiding of pro-lifers for being single issue voters comes to mind.

Meanwhile, more than a million Lebanese people are homeless, and was once a Middle Eastern democracy--read: panacea--is now in shambles. If becoming democratic means allowing American troops on one's soil and/or becoming target practice for Israel, would you rather become democratic or develop a case of the measles? I'd take the measles.

What does Lamont think of the situation in Lebanon? Does the far left care? Going to war with Iraq is wrong because innocent people will die; bombing the daylights out of Lebanon is acceptable because... fill in the blank. I can't.

And we wonder why the Middle East and the rest of the world hates us.

If complete chaos engulfs the Middle East I won't be surprised. It's time to do what we should have done on September 12th: pull out all of our troops; eliminate all foreign aid--yes, even to Israel; and try, for once, just once, to avoid the foreign entanglements like Washington warned against. Isolationism isn't sexy, but this intervention madness isn't working.

Who knows, if we stop bombing Middle Easterners, perhaps they won't try to kill us--might even begin to like us a little. Worth a shot?