Crawford42, a commenter at Instapundit, has a good one I will repeat:
“Lefties have this bizarre idea you can ‘tune’ the level of violence to get the result you want. The result is rhetoric about ‘shots across the bow’ and ‘just muscular enough.’ They also have a child’s faith in how Hollywood depicts violence, with unarmed men (and small women) taking out hordes of heavily armed soldiers, guns shot out of peoples’ hands, etc.
“The result is the ‘redefinition’ [Obongo & pals are seeking re Assad]. They’re trying to find just the RIGHT LEVEL of violence to get the result they want, without actually engaging in anything resembling war fighting.”
And, of course, it won’t work. Too little and they’ll only get a sneer. Too much and they may get more than they bargained for in response. Either way, it’s a fool’s game probably based on the wellknown Lefty aversion to military service, hence military reality.
Although I remember President Nixon (who did serve in WW2) doing the same thing in incrementally bombing North Viet Nam, following LBJ’s lede. That worked so well.
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“Although I remember President Nixon (who did serve in WW2) doing the same thing in incrementally bombing North Viet Nam. That worked so well” I thought that was LBJ. Oh well Crawford42 got it right.
The left and the movie thing is for me where the heroes(?)JUST out run the concussion wave of the explosion they caused (which of course killed all the bad guys) and live happily ever after.
You’re right. LBJ started it. Nixon continued it. I fixed it to reflect that. Those movie explosions are always just gasoline or some other flammable liquid. The black cloud is at the top and very brief. No concussion effect at the base nor shrapnel shredding or tattooing everything within fifty yards, including the hero and his half-naked babe.
Well I watched O’s presser. He’s lost and lost big. Oh we’ll see some sound and fury from him and the Dems, but as a force he’s over. Now we must prepare for what the bad boys overseas are going to do in the light of O’s policies. First off we need to state that any attack (especially gas) on Israel is an act of war and will treated as such immediately with all our capabilities. I’d like to hear suggestions!
You have a stronger stomach than me, kemo sabe. I wouldn’t worry about Israel. They don’t play games like Obongo does, and backing them out loud up front could have a bad effect, from angry American lefties to more determined Muzzies. Best to leave well enough alone. Support them, of course, but behind the scenes, as usual.
I totally agree with Dick here, Sennacherib. Baby Assad knows only too well what expects him and his if he tries anything. Unlike 6th Fleet with its longish supply lines, IDF is here and Damascus, as I never fail to point out, is about 60 km as crow flies from our border. No need for strategic tools to be dusted off.
I think it’s something that needs to be restated clearly, for Iran’s, Russia’s, and various other minor player’s ears.
They know a lot of things that are never spoken, just as we do.
The American Left is already claiming that Obongo only wants to throw a few bombs at Syria in order to help the Left’s pariah, Israel:
http://tinyurl.com/kuz8rd4
Which I’m sure will be news to Jerusalem.