I usually don't write about the ridiculous shit that comes forth from Neo Con's mouths but this was just so breathtakingly spectacular in its lunacy I felt I had to share. The cognitive dissonance is especially delicious
I'll just begin with this gem:
The Constitution, along with the miracle of our nation's founding and the providential history of America fighting and winning war after war against oppressive regimes, proves our manifest destiny not only to preserve our borders and safety and national character at home, but to spread around the world our love of individual freedom and insist on its reflection in every government.
Okay, here's the thing- That same Constitution is pretty clear about our intervening in foreign affairs. Besides that little detail there's that whole 'miracle' of our "fighting and winning war after war". I'm guessing his definition of 'winning' and mine are not the same. But let's for the sake of argument say he's right and we need a Jihad. How do we go about this?
We would tie American aid to incremental changes not just in the attitudes, but in the fundamental structures, of countries. These changes would move those countries, slowly but inexorably, toward reflecting our Constitution in their own charters. We would unabashedly fund pro-democracy movements around the world, partly with government funding and partly with donations from American citizens. Through these donations we would seek to double the budgets of the CIA and our Special Forces, seek to fund an international mercenary force for good and provide our veterans unparalleled health care.
Really? A mercenary force for good? Say Blackwater maybe? But wait! There's more!
We would urge our leaders, after their service in the U.S. Senate and Congress, to seek dual citizenship in other nations, like France and Italy and Sweden and Argentina and Brazil and Germany, and work to influence those nations to adopt laws very much like our own. We might even fund our leaders' campaigns for office in these other nations.
So France and Italy and Sweden and the gang need our intervention into their affairs because why? It sounds like he wants us to fund European vacations for retired Congressional members to me or perhaps, I'm just jaded. So, yeah, we need an American Jihad apparently to save such horrific human right's violators as England, Germany, Italy and yeah, even Sweden from their evil ways...Or something. You really have to read the entire manifesto to enjoy it fully. This is a guy that passes as a psychiatrist on Fox news so you should totally take him seriously as he's one of those serious people. No, really.