{"id":49796,"date":"2015-03-10T00:05:38","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T06:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/03\/10\/on-being-charitable-toward-hawkish-dolts.html"},"modified":"2015-05-11T11:24:43","modified_gmt":"2015-05-11T17:24:43","slug":"on-being-charitable-toward-hawkish-dolts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/03\/10\/on-being-charitable-toward-hawkish-dolts.html","title":{"rendered":"On being charitable toward hawkish dolts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I will give Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) the benefit of the doubt in thinking that his concern over the Evil That Is Iran That Warrants Bypassing the President is sincere, and not a reflection of the support given him by the National Defense Industrial Association, which would certainly appreciate some munitions expenditures against, yes, Iran.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/reverbpress.com\/politics\/tom-cotton-bows-weapons-lobbyists-day-letter-sabotaging-iran-deal\/'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/5UUdwpSEIL5N3yWxsxXepYNr2lNUCj96uEFwdZlDMUstZctAX6DUAYf1FLYIyrwYjEXVkq5WPdf60l851gOEbjzE9c6lqF3LajsajWWema0=w506-h303-p' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/reverbpress.com\/politics\/tom-cotton-bows-weapons-lobbyists-day-letter-sabotaging-iran-deal\/'>Tom Cotton Bows Down to Weapons Lobbyists Day After Letter Sabotaging Iran Deal<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nIran&#8217;s foreign minister schooled Republicans on the US Constitution, and the GOP bows down to weapons lobbyists.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/VXyPVi3D8w1'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I will give Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) the benefit of the doubt in thinking that his concern over the Evil That Is Iran That Warrants Bypassing the President is sincere, and not a reflection of the support given him by the National Defense Industrial Association, which would certainly appreciate some munitions expenditures against, yes, Iran. &hellip; 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