That flaccid noodle in the White House has let himself be pushed
into another stupidity for which we Americans will be urged by the moron
patriots among us to thank yet another posse of enabling volunteers who will
get themselves maimed or killed killing and maiming in a fight that is none of
our affair and can do us no earthly good – nor the Syrians, most likely.
And how far we are from old days, with that huckster, that careerist, that anti-warrior at just the right time, John Kerry, lecturing on "moral obscenities."
He of the "me, too" tough guy campaign of 2004 so absurd I voted for Nader.
In 2000 I had voted foolishly for GW because Gore was an arrogant blockhead and GW promised a "humbler," less interventionist foreign policy than Clinton's.
That worked out as well as a peace vote for Wilson, FDR, or LBJ.
Says the story,
And how far we are from old days, with that huckster, that careerist, that anti-warrior at just the right time, John Kerry, lecturing on "moral obscenities."
He of the "me, too" tough guy campaign of 2004 so absurd I voted for Nader.
In 2000 I had voted foolishly for GW because Gore was an arrogant blockhead and GW promised a "humbler," less interventionist foreign policy than Clinton's.
That worked out as well as a peace vote for Wilson, FDR, or LBJ.
Says the story,
U.S. officials say an attack on Syria isn't imminent,
because it will take time to make all the information public, and preparations
must also be coordinated with allies.
The U.S. is also unlikely to attack while
a U.N. weapons team remains in Syria — and it isn't scheduled to leave until
Sunday.
They do not say an attack is not coming, and that does not seem very different from saying one is coming.
In a passing nod at the constitution, airy consultations of some sort with the Congress are in the offing.
Well, that's better than Truman ever did.
PS.
How many times do we need to prove at the outset of this new century that we can easily overwhelm regular forces but we cannot finally defeat irregulars in a Muslim country using means acceptable to ourselves.
Could we make a desert and call it peace? Sure.
Could we turn Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan into glass-surfaced ash trays? Sure.
But what would be the point, apart from setting a historic world's record for genocidal atrocity?
(Sound like Vietnam? You bet.)
In a passing nod at the constitution, airy consultations of some sort with the Congress are in the offing.
Well, that's better than Truman ever did.
PS.
How many times do we need to prove at the outset of this new century that we can easily overwhelm regular forces but we cannot finally defeat irregulars in a Muslim country using means acceptable to ourselves.
Could we make a desert and call it peace? Sure.
Could we turn Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan into glass-surfaced ash trays? Sure.
But what would be the point, apart from setting a historic world's record for genocidal atrocity?
(Sound like Vietnam? You bet.)
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