Perpetual war: the great uniter

A bi-partisan, pro war Senate faction passed an amendment to a broader foreign policy bill Thursday, demanding the US halt troop withdrawals in Syria and Afghanistan. The non-binding amendment expresses the "sense of the Senate that the United States faces continuing threats from terrorist groups operating in Syria and Afghanistan and that the precipitous withdrawal of United States forces from either country could put at risk hard-won gains and United States national security. Actually, the US is the biggest terrorist group in both countries, killing endless civilian men, women and children with our planes and drones. We are fighting illegally and immorally in both countries, squandering our diminishing treasure for the sake of US weapons makers, ambitious career military, and craven politicians who promote war first, last and always. Republican Senators are so pro war that 46 of 48 broke with President Trump to oppose his announced pullout. The only decent policy he's proposed in 2 years is the only one they have opposed.

Democrats voted 24 to 21 to easily pass the amendment. Whether they did that to smite Trump or simply maintain their pro war bonafides with the war party is irrelevant. Their pro war vote was a disgrace. Illinois Senator Dick Durbin missed the vote. Sadly, the otherwise progressive Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth voted for perpetual war in Syrian and Afghanistan.

It is a tragedy for America, and for the millions of innocents we kill, wound or tu