I probably shouldn't do this as this diary is against my better judgement, but I am getting very, very pissed off at the attitudes of some of the people around here.
I have seen countless diaries and diary posts now cheering on Israel, Hezbollah, etc. for fighting their current battle. Almost all of you make me sick.
What is it we have spent the last few years doing? Pointing out all these assholes in the U.S. government and the GOP who want us to keep on going to war have no intention of going themselves or sending their loved ones.
We have a word for those people: Chickenhawks.
Guess what, I/P war cheerleaders, you're no better than they are! Unless you go join the IDF or Hizbollah, you telling the rest of us that they are justified in their actions doesn't mean shit. The idea that you can sit there in your comfy chair in front of your computer and justify the deaths of other people is no less than disgusting.
It is not the Democrat way and it is not the American way.
So, I urge the rest of you to confront these people from now on. The next time you see a Kossack being a cheerleader for war, any war, tell them that they had better sign up and fight. Call them chickenhawks. They are chickenhawks.
You think Israel should be attacking Lebanon? Good. Join their army and fight.
You think Hizbollah should be attacking Israelis? Good. Join them and fight.
Otherwise, shut the fuck up.
As far as I'm concerned, the next time someone feels that they have the right to tell the rest of us that war is justified, they better have spent at least a few hours in a field hospital after a battle and seen all the suffering that war causes.