'Nations don't invade other nations'--John McCain

More chutzpah

This time it’s born-again pacifist John McCain, preaching the gospel of non-violence to the Russians.

From Huff:

Speaking to reporters about the situation in Georgia, Sen. John McCain denounced the aggressive posture of Russia by claiming that: "in the 21st century nations don't invade other nations."

Amen, brother John. But what if the Russians just call it a "surge"?

On the same wavelength—Cheney/Goering
In an interview with ABC’s Martha Raddatz back in March, Veep Dick Cheney was asked his thought on surveys showing about two-thirds of Americans stood opposed to the war.

Raddatz: Two-thirds of Americans say it’s not worth fighting, and they’re looking at the value gain versus the cost in American lives, certainly, and Iraqi lives.

Cheney: So?

Raddatz: So — you don’t care what the American people think?

Cheney: No, I think you cannot be blown off course by the fluctuations in the public opinion polls.

"The People Can Always Be Brought to the Bidding of the Leaders"

“Why, of course, the people don't want war. Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece. Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship...

Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country."

- Hermann Goering (as told to Gustav Gilbert during the Nuremberg trials)