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Consider if RedCream did the opposite: he only brags about how great America is. What would that do, other than boosting the country's ego/morale? If problems exist, and all he does is brag about how everything's perfect, then something bad's going to happen. Nevertheless, it does seem that he is rather displeased with the status quo.
I did not intend to imply the lack of democratic involvement. I only claimed that the republicans had more to gain. Besides, it
seems that they're colluding to a non zero degree anyway, so the democrats probably do have something to gain. One reason for the lack of opposition to stop war funding/ pulling out sooner is attakcks of "unpatriotic". Such attacks cripple one's attempt to gain reelection. In addition, it's not clear at this point that suddenly stopping the war would be safe or desirable.
Only those who are capable of profiting from war are intersted in making money there. "War... ensures the lively hood of a stable world"... a bit of Orwellian double speak there, isn't it? War is by definition conflict, and thus instability. Why would one want to entangle one's society into other places? Isn't that just like holding a giant sign that says "please shoot me"? Isn't that the #1 reason the Islamic world hates the US in the first place?