Danny Doom’s Booze Cabinet

Glenn Greenwald reads a poll on Iran:

In the last ten years, the U.S. and Israel collectively have bombed at least six Muslim countries (including Gaza).  Despite that, 40% of Americans want to attack yet another one, and 1/3 want to invade.  Those are the same people who, if there is another terrorist attack on U.S. soil, will be walking around, eyebrows earnestly raised, innocent, self-righteous and confused, and asking:  ”why do they hate us??”  And their friends and neighbors and leaders will assure them:  ”they hate us for our freedoms.”

Reminds me of the David Cross bit:

I don’t think Osama bin Laden sent those planes to attack us because he hated our freedom. I think he did it because of our support for Israel, our ties with the Saudi family and our military bases in Saudi Arabia. You know why I think that? Because that’s what he fucking said!

Whether it does or not, this is how it should happen. Not by an act of war from the U.S. but from within, the way revolutions do. Cheers to the people of Iran who have taken it up with their government, or whatever it is you call it there–regime, assholery. Just think, if Bill Kristol and many others of his gang had their way, we could have killed many of these same people in the name of democracy for the Middle East. Weird how they become brave heroes when they do it themselves, as opposed to enemies of war when we do it for them.

How many young Iraqis did not live to be able to choose their own revolution, I wonder?