Mudcat is a reflection of the society it exists in. We live in a society ruled by bullies. Mudcat is owned and managed by bullies.

Call it a cheap shot if you want. It is my observation of how American society works, and how Mudcat works. Mudcat management operates a lot like the Bush administration operates, and I've made that comparison before. And it has been deleted.

Mudcat doesn't want the people who post here to know what management is doing either. Here at Mudcat, posts criticizing managment are routinely censored, as is a lot of stuff.

The difference is???

Actually, I think the majority of Americans did vote to send more troops to Iraq, because they voted in a majority of Democrats and Republicans who will vote to do just that in the new year.

As to the uphill battle we fight--yes, indeed we do. But one reason why we can't and will never win is because of delusional Americans who keep voting for militaristic Democrats who keep voting for the war effort, despite their "anti-war" (yeah, sure) sentiments.

Now, if the Democratic party nominates Dennis Kucinich, I might change my tune about the Democratic party. But until then, there is no difference in the tactics and strategies of the Dems or Repubs when it comes to the "war on terror", the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, or the jungles of Columbia...