IOWA GOP TOP THREE; WAR MONGERS 2, PEACENIKS 1

It was disappointing that the top two vote getters in the Iowa Republican caucuses, unrepentant war promoters Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum, garnered nearly 50% of the votes. But there is a glimmer of hope that anti pre-emptive war Ron Paul came in third with nearly 25% of the vote.

Romney and Santorum represent the war party wing of the Republican Party. They've not only done nothing to stop the trillion dollar carnage we've unleashed in the Middle East for over ten years now, they actually incite new wars to score votes in Republican primaries. Romney proclaimed at one debate, "If Obama is re-elected, Iran will get a nuclear weapon. If I'm elected President, Iran will not get a nuclear weapon". That is simply a veiled way of saying "Obama will not bomb Iran, but I will". Santorum, more prone to go for the jugular than the polished Romney, proclaimed on Meet the Press that President Obama is too soft on Iran and he, Santorum, would bomb their nuclear facilities.

With exactly ten months of electioneering to go, we will be subjected to endless saber rattling by the GOP contenders, minus Paul, of course, since Obama has infuriated the war party and the Military-Industrial Complex with his ending of the Iraq war, his call for a smaller military, and his refusal to light to fuse for more Middle East fireworks.

Hang in there candidate Paul. The GOP elite and the munitions makers hate you because you represent a threat to the endless war gravy train. Keep placing pennies on their tracks to de-rail their ride to Armageddon.