Self-righteous warmongers phony patriots

[Echo In Light]

Self-righteous warmongers phony patriots
By Greg James, Guest Columnist

"You have to wonder if the whole conservative movement in the U.S. is living in a weird alternate reality in which the only thing that matters is what you say, and facts, consistency and honor mean nothing"

"The neocons who got us into Iraq on a huge pile of macho slogans, distortions and bravado, having skipped out on any sacrifice themselves, are not patriots. Just as the Nazi propaganda machine ended up ultimately ruining Germany, our big talkers may well represent a danger to this country every bit as real as al-Qaida. Their ability to fool people into believing what is demonstrably false and almost certainly not in our national self-interest, while hiding behind a false flag of patriotism, is proving disastrous every day."

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/336152_firstperson22.html

[DrDan]

1. "phony patriots" - how descriptive

and how accurate . . . patriotic as long as they profit from it.

[BridgeTheGap]

2. Proving disastrous, yes - but also very profitable

"You can fool some of the people all of the time, All the people some of the time but you can't fool all the people all the time." A. Lincoln

[whistle]

3. "Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel" author unknown