Clark Stanley, a Texan huckster, traveled across the United States dressing up as a cowboy. He would slice open live rattlesnakes, throw them into boiling water, and bottle up the oil that rose to the top. Stanley promoted his Snake Oil as the perfect miracle-cure-all. The oil he produced was not as promised. In the 1800s, he was tried and found guilty of misrepresenting his product.

The sociopathic bargainers of the Washington ruling class are selling Ukrainian Snake Oil. Upon returning from Kyiv, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) concluded that the Ukrainian War was worth it. Recently, Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) called the war “the best national defense spending I think we’ve ever done.” Justifying a 7:1 ratio of Ukrainian to Russian killed, he states that the U.S. is “losing no lives in Ukraine, and the Ukrainians are fighting heroically against Russia.”

Upon newspeak translation, the substance of their jargon is clear. Tax dollars extracted from hard-working Americans and the money created by the Federal Reverse (devaluating the rest of our income) means nothing. The lives of Ukrainian men, women, and children are worthless. The only thing of value is dead Russians. It is a hoax perpetrated by elected officials.

U.S. Senator Blumenthal talks about Ukrainian life like a piece of clothing hanging on a Kohl’s clearance rack. He believes Americans “should be satisfied that we’re getting our money’s worth on our Ukraine investment.”

Romney is as cold as Blumenthal. “We’re diminishing and devastating the Russian military for a very small amount of money.” He continues, “For less than 3 percent of our nation’s military budget, we’ve enabled Ukraine to degrade Russia’s military.”

Whether Snake oil salesmen or Washington carnival hawkers, these war promoters are shamelessly evil. Without our Big Brother Bob Emory green glasses, we may be able to see them for who they are. Washington is a haven for shysters. Clark Stanley, for his part, was fined for misrepresenting the truth. In Washington, misrepresenting the truth gets you reelected.

According to W.C. Fields, “There is a sucker born every minute.” We have been suckers long enough!