I agree with most of the points described in this post. Regardless of what party we vote for, we get the war party. Our two party system has resulted in us getting to choose between two mob families, neither

I agree with what you said but wanted to point out an additional interesting reality. Your point about us going to war for profit is true, but it's ONLY true for the companies that comprise the military

Why is it that no matter who you vote for, you always get the war party. This is how you know our democracy is broken, the people have consistently voted for anti-war candidates (Obama & Trump) and

I think the point of the post is that since the Obama administration, which simply carried on the war mongering policy of Bush Administration, the Anti War left Sees no evil, Hears no evil, Speaks no evil.

You kind of alluded to the problem of voting as it pertains to larger groups of people. This is especially problematic with government. The larger the country, the more problematic simple majority voting

One thing is for certain. There is no logical reason for Assad to do a chemical attacked that could be carried out just as effectively with conventional weapons. The use of chemical weapons only has downside