Over the last few years, I have grown tired of arguing with friends and family who support the war. It is not the endless debating that bothers me nor is it hearing the same poor excuses and false justifications. What bothers me most is a realization that by speaking out against the war I am, in actuality, acting in the best interest of the United States.

I first made this realization when I suddenly noticed what strange bedfellows I have been keeping. I found myself reading, and loving, articles by such men as Pat Buchanan, Paul Craig Roberts and William Lind. I now have a subscription to American Conservative Magazine and I frequently read articles from The John Birch Society’s publication, The New American. How could this be? Did I make a wrong turn somewhere or did they?

My friends and family have often attributed my anti-war stance to my “anti-Americanism” or to me being a “leftist.” However, it dawned on me that the aforementioned writers and publications are neither anti-American nor leftist and, in fact, they could not be any more pro-American or pro-right. And that is when I realized that these men are the real patriots and they oppose the war because it is destroying that which they love most, the United States of America.

After this epiphany, I became increasingly frustrated when arguing with America loving warmongers. I could not make them see that opposing the war was actually in their best interest. I began to question my own opposition and to voice my disappointment. This past August, I wrote this in a letter to a friend:

“As you know, ultimately I want the US to fail completely and for this, I am actually torn on the war. If I desire to see the demise of the US come as quickly as possible then I should become the greatest war cheerleader you have ever seen. I should call for the US to stay in Iraq for years and to begin drawing up and executing plans to invade other lands throughout the world.

I should want the US to lose and waste massive amounts of military resources that would be stretched way too thin and for them to spend trillions of dollars, bringing the state closer to bankruptcy. I should want the government to breed more and more enemies, at home and abroad who will oppose its tyranny and imperialism thereby helping to delegitimize the State.”

Unfortunately, my words, once again fell on deaf ears and I refuse to argue any longer for that which is best for the USA when those who claim to be patriots continue to schizophrenically argue for a policy of self-destruction.

A prolonged policy of war will weaken and bankrupt the state and serve to destroy its legitimacy. Through continued war the machinery of the US military will be used up and stretched thin while the lives of the most violent, primitive, and dangerously stupid element of society will be extinguished. Because of this I now support the Iraq war and any other military misadventure that the rocket scientists running the US government want to start. Why should I waste anymore time trying to save something that I want to see destroyed?