Saturday, March 05, 2016

Neocons pick for Prez? Rubio

here's oodles of reasons to despise neo-Fascist presidential candidate Donald Trump. One I can't abide by is the neocons' terror at a Trump presidency ending the neocon perpetual war gravytrain. Aside from a few blips such as "I'll bomb the shit out of them (ISIS) and "There won't be one square inch of it (ISIS territory) left", neocons bristle at Trump sins of calling out George W. Bush as a war criminal (lying US into war is ipso facto a war crime), saying Putin isn't our enemy, opposing new and endless Middle East wars, and possibly worst of all, arguing for a reasoned approach to the Israeli, Palestinian dispute.

The neocons two-fold approach is to join the chorus of Republican factions trashing Trump's candidacy and to pour millions into the candidacy of young Florida Senator Marco Rubio who slavishly supports their war always agenda. Rubio vows to overturn the 5 power Iran nuclear deal on Day One should he get elected. He's pledges further riches to expand our annual $900 million give away to the bloated military, intelligence and anti-terrorism programs. Spending more than the next seven countries combined on defense is not good enough to neocon Rubio. He's been supported for years by some of the richest and most virulent neocons including casino mogul and Israeli settlement fanatic Sheldon Adelson. Hedge fund billionaire Bill Singer, board member of the Republican Jewish Coalition and strong ally of Israeli President Bibi Netanyahu, was Rubio's second largest contributor between between 2009 and 2014. A third billionaire Norman Bramen has been financing Israeli settlements on Palestinian land for years and according to the NY Times, bankrolling Rubio's campaigns, legislative agenda and even his personal finances, hiring Rubio as a lawyer and his wife as a Bramen foundation consultant. With all the dreadful statements Trump has uttered that are racist, sexist, xenophobic, ignorant and demeaning, this is what Rubio chooses to criticize about Trump: “His position is an anti-Israel position. You cannot be an honest broker in a dispute between two sides in which one of the sides is constantly acting in bad faith," Rubio charged, not seeing the irony of Israel's dishonesty.

Rubio is the most likely of the four dreadful Republican candidates left to pursue a neocon foreign policy agenda. He's in hock up to them up to his slicked down hair and has no conscience regarding perpetuation of a bellicose foreign policy which puts us at all at risk.

Marco Rubio is oft likened as the most moderate and electable alternative to Donald Trump. But he's merely a stooge for the war party, bought and paid for, and grasping at their riches as he grasps for the brass ring.


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