the same stupid bastards that pulled troops from Afghanistan before the job was finished
the same stupid bastards that sent too few troops into Iraq based on lies, without a plan to govern or exit
the same stupid bastards that sold anti-ballistic missiles to Poland to be placed less than 100 miles from Russian soil are now
the same stupid bastards working to put a U.S. Naval base on Georgia's Black Sea coast
why?
political issue/election leverage domestically (rah rah GOP, kill kill, drill drill),
keeping the 'fear' premium in oil prices, and establishing a rationale for more/new high-dollar pentagon toys (ships and planes) that the "War on Terror" won't justify.