Things That Make Me Angry

QUESTION: Was the war in Iraq a mistake?

COBURN: Absolutely not. I do not believe that the Iraq war was a distraction in the war on terror, as John Kerry and my opponent have argued. [Tulsa World, 10/18/2004]

That was then..

This is now..

During a town hall meeting in Muskogee, Oklahoma this past weekend, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) admitted that it was “a mistake” for the United States to invade Iraq in 2003. “I will tell you personally that I think it was probably a mistake going to Iraq,” Coburn told the crowd.

But.. but.. it's teh Greatest War against the Greatest Enemies that want to Kill Us All!!1

UPDATE: ThinkProgress asked Sen. Coburn’s communications director, John Hart, “how the senator came to hold that view.” Here’s his response:

The only question that matters about Iraq now is: When do we leave? Do we leave prematurely, surrender to Al Qaeda and perhaps trigger genocide? Or do we complete the mission that is now clearly working? The debate about whether we should have gone into Iraq is interesting historically but not relevant to the here and now. We are there. We have obviously made mistakes based on faulty intelligence. However, history — and the decisions of our next president — will render the final verdict on Iraq.

See.. here's the deal... what makes me angry.

Okay.. so the guy was a big fan of World War (whatever).. yay war.. Fight them there so we don't fight them here kind of shit..

Now.. he thinks it was a mistake. Well.. fuck hoss.. god damn that was just a stupid thing to do, eh? Launching that war was a bad idea.. well.. fuck. The only thing that matters is what we do from here.

Except.. this isn't a fucking game of Risk. Nearly 4000 Americans are dead.. and over a million Iraqis are dead, for what assholes like Coburn cheered on.. campaigned on.. and when most Americans now think it's fucked up.. they change their mind?

THESE PEOPLE ARE FUCKING DEAD

... and these assholes like Coburn shrug it all off as if it was just some kind of innocent mistake. Hell.. nobody has to pay the consequences for the most colossal fuck up of all time, eh?

What a defective personality one must have to actually be able to live with that.