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Heard an interview with Ted Cruz this morning. As usual, he was eloquent and I agreed with everything he said. Nothing to see there, however, there was one point that I would have expanded on if I were him.

For years now, we've been hearing about a supposed wave of public groaning, fatigue if you will, with regard to America's war efforts in recent wars. Ted was asked about public war weariness, and he answered it very well. But as I began, I believe this idea of the US being war weary is a planted notion. To demonstrate my point we need to fall back in time to the days preceding the Iraq War Resolution of 2002 which, had the overwhelming support of the Democratic Conference of the day. As has been mentioned, the US Congress as a whole, was solidly behind invasion.

Only later, after it was realized that the now infamous WMD's had been in some way disposed of, did Democrats the likes of Hillary Clinton et-al, start blaming Republicans and George W in particular for the war, pointing to the cost in terms of blood and treasure. The point is this, the morale of the American public, and the US Armed Services I might add, up until this point were riding a wave of enthusiasm and pride for the accomplishments of our foreign policy efforts. Liberals were the ones who poisoned the well of public opinion, their bias and contempt for traditional American values were apparent in their constant attacks and defeatist rhetoric.

There are two latencies shared by all liberal/progressives, (the group from which Hillary proudly hails). The first is the misguided belief that mankind is somehow evolving and becoming better over time. As if time is some sort of magic elixir, an absurdity which thinking folks reject out of hand. At any rate, because liberals imagine that men are evolving toward, I don't know... godhood I suppose, they have talked themselves into this idea of universal enlightenment, in which all men will ultimately transform into higher beings. Therefore, we see references made to this fantasy every day from the highest office in the land. Case in point, just yesterday I heard Mr Obama make a reference to, and I'm paraphrasing here, in his mention of "moral values all nations hold common" in his denouncement of the terrorist attack in Paris. What pray tell, would those be? He speaks further of men like Putin being on the wrong side of history and, the dawn of 21st Century thinking. All of which amount to little more than the secret handshake for some boys club somewhere IMHO. And I can assure that the bad guys esteem such smoke and mirror logic to an even lesser degree. And BTW, anybody heard the libs or their media right arm screaming about the enormous military casualties under the present administration?

The second is the youthful-like surety that they (libs) are right about whatever seems to pop into their heads, and the willingness to say whatever is necessary to win. All parents are familiar with the days during the growth of their children when said children suddenly decide they know it all, and how ragingly confident they are in that state. What we have seen in the attitudes of those elected to high office is what happens when college classroom smugness and assumption, are applied to statesmanship and foreign policy. Again to use Obama as the example, here we had a 47 year old honorary prof, who thought he knew more than senior Pentagon officials about the proper role of US military power in the world.

There is a reason Dems always act like they can't be touched. The smugness of Bill Clinton, is therefore reflected on the face of Hillary. Although nobody really wants war, it is none the less as Ted Cruz put it during the last debate. "You think defending this country is expensive? Try not defending it."

The people are not nearly as war weary as is continually parroted. And part of the smugness on the faces of Dems is owing to the fact that they know they can plant about anything they want into the minds of "the people", and expect it to take firm root. I mean, I remember Hillary's charge up San Juan Hill (Iraq), and I'm certain the media do too.

Speak for yourself... lost my best friend in Iraq. We spent 1 billion dollars a month for ten years in that country. Could you possibly imagine if we spent that type of money in Eastern Kentucky... for the wise sages we spend 757 million dollars a year in food stamps as a nation.