Guard Against Pretend Patriotism

General George Washington, our first President, and a man who voluntarily gave up the power of President after two terms, once said, "Guard against the impostures of pretend patriotism."

This time, right now, was what the father of our country was talking about. Some in the GOP (Republicans) have taken to the airwaves and our saying that anyone in Congress who is trying to re-assert Congress' Constitutional authority to make war (Article 1, Section 8) is not patriotic, or worse, are suggesting that they are mourning the loss of Qassim Soleimani - the terrorist that the Donald killed recently.

This is absurd and again likens back to the George W. Bush era when anyone who opposed going into Iraq was also unpatriotic, against our troops and terrorist sympathizers. This argument is asinine.

After September 11, 2001, I was in favor of going into Afghanistan to go after terrorists, but was very much opposed to chasing the rabbit in Iraq. But I was told I was not a patriot for not blindly following the administration down said rabbit hole - you the one with weapons of mass destruction.

I was referencing my knowledge of history and the Vietnam War when I made the decision to oppose our involvement in Iraq in 2002. You had two opposing sides, in Iraq, Sunni and Shia Muslims, and you could see the writing on the wall that the removal of Saddam Hussein would cause a power vacuum and lead to a civil war. We can not keep getting involved in other countries civil wars. That's what happen in Korea, Vietnam, it's arguably what caused the collapse of the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s. And as I though, it's been a quagmire in Iraq for the last 17 years.

People in general, but especially our so-called leaders in Congress, need to stop using patriotism as a weapon. Who the hell are you crooks to question my, or anyone else's patriotism?

Here are some disgusting examples of this and it is no surprise that most of these cowards went on Fox News, which is just state-sponsored propaganda television:

Here is Doug Collins also with Lou Dobbs leveling disgusting claims, like Democrats love terrorists. Dobbs is bad enough, but Collins is a total sycophant for an unhinged  and unscrupulous President.

Hold these collaborators accountable in November.