I must qualify my previous statement. There are some politicians who are not corrupted
by the war-mongers. Dennis Kucinich is one. Bernie Sanders, another. There are responsible members of Congress who are not going along with the generals and their
interest in extending troops. They haven't fallen for the jingoism that's out there today
about Mr. Obama's War. The Senate and Congress may have been hoodwinked by the
Pentagon and the Military Industrial Complex but if you poll Americans today, you will
see by the numbers that Iraq and Afghanistan wars are not popular.

There should be a cautionary tale about LBJ's foray into Vietnam. We see how that ended.

The "delusion" is that "god is on our side". It goes along with the religious-right who are the religious-wrong. The GOP is hopping on the religious bandwagon as well as some Democrats. The point is that religion has intruded into politics as a bad house guest.