Have crisis will warmonger, wire Kirk, Illinois

The massive stroke Senator Mark Kirk suffered three years ago sure hasn't slowed down his warmongering ways. Whether it's agitating for bellicose war-threatening action in Iran, Syria, Iraq or Ukraine, Kirk never missies a chance to undercut the sensible, deliberate statesmanship President Obama uses to defuse overseas crises largely US made.

Kirk is horrified by ISIS atrocities in Iraq but ignores the hundreds of thousands killed in our criminal war there Kirk supported with trillions in blood money and endless cheerleading. He lamented when the president failed to bomb Syria, accusing the prez of wimping out in the eleventh hour. When Kirk talks about Red Lines, he's actually referring to the oceans of blood he has no trouble generating. Then there is Ukraine. Kirk ignores his Senator buddy John McCain, and other neocons inside and out of government who fomented the immoral and illegal coup which triggered the crisis. But in Kirk's delusional mind the whole crisis was the fault of Obama's 'weakness.'

But the corker in Kirk's lust for conflict concerns Iran. Kirk co-authored the extreme sanctions law against Iran putting America on a collision course for war there. He's joined up with his fellow hardline senators John McCain, Lindsey Graham and Bob Menendez who will use their Senate leadership status next year to torpedo any rapprochement the administration is delicately negotiating. The war party and the Israel Lobby, who issue Kirk's marching orders (and campaign funds), demand nothing less.
Kirk almost lost his bid for Senator back in 2010 upon revelations of his embellishment of his military record. Once safely on Capitol Hill, Kirk has traded fake military resume padding for beating real war drums.
He reminds me of Paladin, the gun for hire in 1950's TV land. Instead of "Have gun will travel, wire Paladin, San Francisco," it's "Have crisis will warmonger, wire Kirk, Illinois."