I watched the US House of Representatives on C-Span last night - live. A sad display. They have now all gone home for a 2-week vacation - even before they have finished taking away the safety nets for our society in order to finance new weapons for destroying more of Iraq and their society.

Last night the war mongers showed the world how bankrupt their own policies are. They proposed a resolution for an immediate pull out of our military from Iraq - exactly the opposite of what they want to do. Why? To squash a proposal for a resolution by moderates that the US at least put in place some plan for how we will exit. The war mongers haven't any rational proposal they can propose - and so they are freaking out as the wheels come off their programs. They pushed those for an end of the war into an irrational corner - and cowed them into retreat. For now.

Rep. Murtha, a Marine and respected military expert, has come to oppose further war. The Republicans turned on him like mad dogs. Till now, he has been one of their honored champions. But the war mongers are like a wolf pack. Dare to disagree and they tear that person apart. They are a frenzied lot. We will see an increase in their panic and lashing out blindly at all who threaten their programs.