Matt Taibbi Spots Some Hypocrisy

This is funny. Here is a bit from an article by Matt Taibbi in the Rolling Stone magazine:

It’s been interesting, watching the seamless transition many conservatives seem to be making now, from brainless war-drum-beating to Randian isolationism. Six or seven or eight years ago, I seem to remember, anyone who even hinted that not using military force to resolve any foreign policy dispute, no matter how trivial or how imaginary the justification, was to be considered a traitor.

Now, all of the sudden, Republicans are on the outside looking in, and entering a presidential election season, they’ve suddenly decided to play the pacifist card. It makes sense, given the appalling and completely senseless bloodshed in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and God knows where else, but it drives me crazy to see the same people who were waving pom-poms for the original invasions suddenly switch sides now.

Go read the whole article. It is funny.

It doesn't help build confidence in politicians to watch they play this cynical game in order to win elections. The realization that their "principles" are no more permanent than a dash of lipstick on a kiss-and-run bandit.