Karaoke McCain

So I'm just going to blame this one on technology. When you spend over $400 billion dollars in the department of defense, and the research and development field is getting the largest chunk of that money, it is not surprising that going to war might seems more like playing GI-Joe's with the Iranian kid down the street, rather than deciding the fates of thousands of real, breathing, walking, talking human beings. Even when we see it on television, (because you know they will show it, and you know we will watch)we are not going to think about how many women and children are murdered with each bomb that drops because we will probably be thinking more about how real war compares with the awesome special effects from Saving Private Ryan.

For humanity's sake, I'd like to believe that technology has desensitized us to what warfare does to people. Because we are so far removed from the damage we can do, or because we see it all the time in movies and video games, maybe it just isn't such a big deal anymore to kill or die. Military decisions are made and soldier's lives are being risked by people like presidential hopeful John McCain, who can pleasantly sing about bombing Iran like it is a Beach Boys song. I don't really have a presidential candidate to endorse for this upcoming election, and am still not quite sure who I will even vote for myself, but lets just say I'm not voting for anyone who can't even do a descent Beach Boys impression.