Digby: ReElect The Fighters

Last week I wrote regarding the mid-east crisis:

Karl Rove must be very happy this morning. He is convinced that "war" (it doesn't matter who or why) always accrues to the Republican party's benefit. And the media agree that when things heat up, they really want the guys with the big swinging members in charge. (For some reason, they are under the misapprehension that the group of chickenhawks running the US government have such endowments.)

I realize that it is somewhat distasteful to discuss this issue with domestic politics in mind. But I can guarantee that the white house is. They view everything through the lens of domestic politics.

There was some disagreement among readers who thought that it is ridiculous to think a widening war could benefit the failed Republicans. I certainly hope that's true.