It fucking doesn’t. The GOP exists. How are you going to get this inquiry, with the GOP in control of the House. What is your plan— or rather, what do you want me to ask my senator to do?

maybe i just want to piss you off enough that you’ll do something just to get me to shut up.

that is a joke. all i wanted was to put on the record - yeah chavez is no angle (angel*) (sic) - he is a bad dude - but my personal perspective will not allow to me suggest his error led to 100,000 civilian deaths in iraq.

that was what i wanted on the record - i am not sorry we had a debate about iraq - yes iraq is an uncomfortable unflattering topic - but at least we talked about it in context.

You see, my actual plan is to work to get more progressive politicians elected, so that one day, in the future, if people gin up a war on cooked up intelligence we might actually be able to prosecute a few of them.

i am with you on that and that is a good plan.

“But I’m totally interested in your plan to get the GOP house to launch a congressional inquiry into US war crimes in Iraq.”

my plan is to never shut up about it… obviously.

You didn’t make me uncomfortable in bringing up Iraq, and the arrogance of thinking that you did makes me lower my regard of you.

i tend to take “weird” and personal attacks as a sign someone got uncomfortable. i could be wrong. we are all victims of our own perception after-all.