It's Graham, not Maliki, that should go

Premier American warmonger Sen. Lindsay Graham appeared on Face The Nation Sunday to promote renewed military intervention in Iraq. Graham was "heartbroken" that the Sunnis were gobbling up large areas of Iraq from the Shi'ite dominated government of President Nouri al-Maliki. He neglected to mention that his undying support for President Bush's criminal w...ar is what created the sectarian violence between Sunnis, Shi'ites and Kurds that has essentially splintered Iraq into thirds. Trillions of treasure squandered, hundreds of thousands dead, including 4,489 GI's is not enough for Sen. Graham who wants US air power to kill more, more, more.

While Graham's warmongering was expected, it's his comment about the Iraqi government that was truly offensive. "Maliki is a flawed leader. He has to go...absolutely." That precisely reflects the colonial approach to weak powers America wants to conquer and exploit that gets all those innocents killed and makes America reviled around the world. Graham appeared oblivious his statement about dumping a duly elected foreign leader simply because he doesn't suit Graham's obsession with global dominance, is contrary to America's founding and international law. Alas, that has been America's penchant ever since it jumped into the colonialism game back in 1898 with our trumped up war of conquest against Spain over Cuba. In smashing pitifully weak Spain, we acquired Cuba and the Philippines. While we quickly freed Cuba, we've spent the last 55 years either trying to overthrow or weaken its government because we don't like it. The Philippines had to wait 48 years for their freedom and incurred hundreds of thousands dead when they revolted against our takeover in 1898. And here we are in 2014 with Sen. Lindsay Graham demanding that the Iraqi president has to go because Graham doesn't like him.

Sen. Graham may have won his Primary and will be easily re-elected in November, but if he has an once of integrity, patriotism and decency, he will resign today. In his own words he "is a flawed leader. He has to go...absolutely."