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In reply to the discussion: Magical thinking [View all]Beer Swiller
(44 posts)...strategist is both fascinating and entertaining, in a NASCAR kind of way.
What happened here? Let's remember the order of events, shall we?
1. Somebody used chemical weapons in Syria, at least 14 times, according to Prime Minister Cameron.
2. Meanwhile, back on the American ranch, people across the political spectrum were getting mightily upset over the NSA spying on American citizens with zero real accountability, and Obama was all for said spying.
3. All of the sudden, Assad is blamed by the Obama Administration for the chemical attacks, in spite of zero evidence that he ordered them, and in spite of the fact that he didn't need to do so, as Vladimir Putin accurately said. Bill Clinton says everyone will call Obama a wus if he does not use military force.
4. Obama announces that the United States and its allies will retaliate militarily against the Syrian government, because they crossed his foolish "red line" that he stupidly drew earlier.
5. Most Americans, of all races, genders, and political parties are opposed to military intervention in Syria.
6. Obama Admin people say he doesn't need Congressional approval.
7. The British Parliament votes down any British military participation.
8. Obama announces that he will seek a vote in Congress to endorse military action, after some Congressional grumbling.
9. Even more Americans become opposed to such action, mainly, I think, because most of us think that the Syrian civil war is none of our damned business and we don't trust any American President not to drag us into yet another prolonged, Middle Eastern war.
10. It becomes clear that the House will never approve a strike on Obama's terms, and that if Obama goes ahead and does it anyway he's probably going to be impeached.
11. Kerry taunts Assad by saying he can avoid a strike if he turns over all his chemical weapons in a week.
12. Russia and Syria take Kerry up on his offer.
13. The State Department says Kerry was just speaking rhetorically.
14. The Russians say he's the Secretary of State, and the world thinks he's a complete idiot, and why in the world would the US want to avoid a possibly peaceful way out?
15. McCain throws a tantrum about Kerry possibly taking his war away when he had the popcorn ready and everything.
16. Obama leaves the door open to the Russian offer.
Sorry, Obama Demigod fan club, but I see nothing but bad decisions, blunders, stupid macho dick-waving, and then maybe finally deciding to do the only he can to save his own political ass from the trash can of history on the part of Obama. Fortunately, the only thing he can do is the right thing, and we avoid another war.
Everybody wins, except for Al-Qaeda. So proclaim his brilliance all you want. I don't care if Obama saves face. I don't care whether or not you think he's brilliant. I don't care what you think of me for thinking he was acting stupidly from the beginning up until yesterday.
All I care about is that we probably won't be sucked into another damned war. To me, this isn't some freaking ball game with one team in red uniforms and the other in blue.