Shameless Right-Wing Talk Radio Warmongers

The unequivocal nature of right-wing radio and bombastic talking heads like Ben Shapiro, Michael Medved and Laura Ingraham is devastating to the fabric of America in the same way the slavers of the south were to our union over a hundred years ago. These pompous blow-hards are pitting American against American, and their words and actions are shameless and destructive to the values that they pretend to embody.

What they like to hide behind is the bible and the Christianesque teachings that they pick and choose to illustrate the certainty of their positions so long as it matches their end goals, moreover, these Christianesque radicals act as if Islam is the only religion of hate and destruction. I guess they never sang the song Onward Christian Soldiers during a Sunday service.

What is most disgusting about these religiousesque fanatics on the radio is they feel as if their righteousness is all that is necessary to condemn men, women and children to their deaths because Islamic terrorists use these innocents as shields. They blame all but themselves as they sit back in their studios and watch the murder and obliteration of the blameless, all the while using biblical passages and xenophobic language to assuage their guilt, yet leaving blood on their hands.

Where is the humanity in all of this? It is nowhere to be found; there is no compassion in their words only calls for military action, and these men and women that demand such provocative interventions are morally bankrupt, phony prophets. Their obsession with using violence to answer all inflammatory acts is a sign of a declining empire. An empire that has lost is sense of perspective and direction due to their lack of concern for humanity.

I am saddened beyond belief each and every time I hear these men and women say things like, “God bless America; the greatest country on God’s green earth.” This statement says that any decision that is made here in America is morally superior to the rest of the world, moreover, these words go beyond provincialism because they act as bellicose, provocative stances on the many conflicts facing America and the world today.

 What is more grotesque in these local and national right-wing, Christianesque radio shows is that they see themselves as the truth and the light. That is a position which is solely left to Jesus if you believe such things, and it takes an incredible amount of hubris to position yourself thusly. Their hate of all others that refuse to think their way borders on the pathological in that these disembodied voices are assembling the next religious war.

In this day and age, it is so easy to be a pundit and talk about what America should do on the world stage. These right-wing talkers are ready to send more young men and women to their deaths without a second thought. They know in their hearts that our religious righteousness will prevail over all that do not see the world as they do, and that the murder and obliteration of any society not aligned with their religious belief system is morally justified no matter the cost in human lives.

This shameless Christianesque warmongering leads us all the way back to 1095 AD and Pope Urban II who led the first of many crusades against Islam which we are still perpetuating a millennia later. We have learned nothing if not that power comes from imposing our will through the use of armed conflict, furthermore, it is these right-wing pundits (who have nothing to lose) who shout for more violence as my son sits in the wings ready to do battle for their greed and intolerance.

What betrays the totality of their ignorance as right-wing radio pundits is their lack of understanding when it comes to our military withdraw from Iraq.  It is astounding in so much as these right-wingers have no idea the complex issues that led to the withdraw of American troops from Iraq. One significant issue was the fact that the Iraqi government would not protect our soldiers from prosecution for murder and other crimes if we stayed. So we left. They did not want us there. The Iraqi power structure that had been held in check by Saddam Hussein was after revenge and control and with America there, they would never be able to gain the power they so desired.

Today’s right-wing pundits only want to regain the imaginary power and control that they lost with the election of President Obama to a second term. They will say or do anything to hurt his presidency, so long as it puts them back into power in a way that they feel they are entitled. It matters not if they tell the truth or care what is in the best interest of the American people here or abroad. Like the Iraqi government, these pundits are after power for the sake of power, no matter the cost, so buyer beware.