Chapman's analysis of our criminal wars ignores obvious

In his Sunday op ed, 'You want a war? Pay for it', Tribune editorial writer and columnist Steve Chapman does a masterful job skimming the surface of our perpetual war state which makes the whole issue of accountability for bankrupting and criminal wars irrelevant. Chapman and the Tribune have long functioned as shills for the war party which controls this country in their endless pursuit of murderous military ventures, all of which fail, all of which make us less safe and all of which are conducted without funding and without congressional oversight. That is not the fault of the people, who have absolutely no voice in the matter. It is the fault of the warmongers who control much of Congress, much of the administration, much of the media. To say "nothing would do more to break our addiction to perpetual war than a simple requirement everyone can understand: You want a war? Pay for it" is astoundingly disingenuous. Chapman knows full well his editorial duties include writing or signing off on editorials that pretend the US has critical national interests requiring endless warfare against innocents in the Middle East and Africa which will never be paid for, never given an up and down vote in Congress, and never, ever be interfered with by the Voice of the People.