Now, I believe there are a great many people who support the current war with the best of intentions. These misguided souls really believe this is a war in America's interest, and I think they really do hate war. But what I can't stand are these pompous, pro-war pundits (how about that alliteration?) who solemnly declare that war is evil, that they don't support war, but this war is necessary and just. Once they get that out of the way, they immediately resort to their real selves, taking pleasure in the deaths of Iraqis and shrugging off American casualties. These people like war. Some even seem to love it. It scares me, it really does. I see people I know who are like this. One minute they profess a wish that we didn't have to go to war, the next minute they're in front of their TV screens watching Fox News and cheering on the Forces like it was a fucking sportsgame. Hey, if they like war they should just come out and say it. But of course they won't, because that would expose them as the cruel, imperium-loving people they are. They don't give two shits about "liberating" Iraqis. That's just a rhetorical device they use ("You're opposed to the war? You'd prefer the Iraqi people to live under Saddam's brutal dictatorship? We're the ones who really care about Iraqis, we want to liberate them! That's why the 'peace' movement isn't about peace at all! You pro-Saddam commies!"). These people sicken me. Rant over.

Can somebody tell me when Dennis Miller became a neoconservative? He's become a regular on the Tonight Show, always equiqqed with his "zingers" to tear down stupid liberals (or rather, all those who oppose the war. He doesn't discern). I wish he'd go back to Monday Night Football so we can all make fun of him again. What a shitball. Where's Al Franken when you need him?

UPDATE: Right now, it seems Bill Maher is serving as Miller's foil. I heard him quip, "They haven't found a connection between Al Qaeda and Saddam except that they've both done business with Dick Cheney". That's a paraphrase, by the way.