Don't You (Kind Of) Feel Sorry for John Kerry?

After all, he's perfectly right: the age of instant communication means it's harder for the US government to get away with murder.

The Internet, our Secretary of State further avers, makes it much harder to "organize people" – around, say, another Mideast war based on phony "intelligence." Those obstreperous Internet folk are intent on doing their own thing, and making up their own minds: they won't be "organized" by the government to get in line for the wars our wise rulers are planning, the government spying they're selling as "anti-terrorist," the BS they're trying to pull whenever they get the chance.

That's because of web sites like this one, which has been debunking the lies of the War Party for almost 18 years – and will continue to do so as long as you continue supporting us with your tax-deductible contributions.

Yes, the might US government, the Last Superpower Left Standing, is stumbling and bumbling, trying desperately to convince the American people that they're better off forgetting about the Fourth Amendment, and silently watching as the US pushes it weight around all over the earth, making enemies left and right. And it's all because of that gosh-darned newfangled Internet.

What? You say you don't feel sorry for Kerry? You glad – and even excited – by the fact that the Internet has become the weapon of choice for freedom-fighters worldwide?

Well then, please help us make Kerry's job as hard as possible – indeed, impossible – by making sure Antiwar.com is still around.

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Updated August 19, 2013 - 11:25 PM EDT
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