It's the end of the world as Graham knows it

By Creature

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) from today's Meet the Press:

MR. RUSSERT: How much time do you give General Petraeus?

SEN. GRAHAM: Whatever resources he needs and whatever time he needs, he’s going to get. How much time did we have to win World War II? Did we ever think about just fighting the Germans and not engaging the Japanese? This to me is World War III.

Fine, Senator, then why don't you put your money where your rhetorical mouth is and introduce legislation reinstating the draft to help fight it, raising taxes to help pay for it, and restricting corporate profits to stop the corporate criminals from profiting off it. See, Senator, when you're ready to act like it's World War III then the American people will react in kind, until then please keep your patronizing talk off the TV.

Bonus Meet the Press Graham:

SEN. GRAHAM: The biggest mistake we made early on was underselling how hard it would be. I think people have lost sight due to frustration, that it’s part of the overall war on terror.

SEN. GRAHAM: The biggest mistake we made early on is not having enough troops, letting the situation get out of hand.

No comment here beyond the obvious question: Which "biggest mistake" early on was it? Failed propaganda or failed planning? I lean toward the planning. The propaganda of an easy war went exactly according to neocon plan.

(Cross-posted at State of the Day.)