Is Obama Being Shamed Into A Demonstration War With Syria?

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That's why we have 2 ears and one mouth. A person should listen twice as much as they talk.

Where's the Left on Obama's step back on Syria?:

 

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By

CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER

Having leaked to the world, and thus to Syrian President Bashar Assad, a detailed briefing of the coming U.S. air attack on Syria — (1) the source (offshore warships and perhaps a bomber or two), (2) the weapon (cruise missiles), (3) the duration (two or three days), (4) the purpose (punishment, not "regime change") — perhaps we should be publishing the exact time the bombs will fall, lest we disrupt dinner in Damascus.

So much for the element of surprise. Into his third year of dithering, two years after declaring Assad had to go, one year after drawing — then erasing — his own red line on chemical weapons, Barack Obama has been stirred to action.

Or more accurately, shamed into action. Which is the worst possible reason. A president doesn't commit soldiers to a war for which he has zero enthusiasm. Nor does one go to war for demonstration purposes.

Want to send a message? Call Western Union. A Tomahawk missile is for killing. A serious instrument of war demands a serious purpose.

The purpose can be either punitive or strategic: either a spasm of conscience that will inflame our opponents yet leave not a trace, or a considered application of abundant American power to alter the strategic equation that is now heavily favoring our worst enemies in the heart of the Middle East.

There are risks to any attack. Blowback terror from Syria and its terrorist allies. Threatened retaliation by Iran or Hezbollah on Israel — that could lead to a guns-of-August regional conflagration.

Moreover, a mere punitive pinprick after which Assad emerges from the smoke intact and emboldened would demonstrate nothing but U.S. weakness and ineffectiveness.

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Obama and Bo's tail wagging the dog.

Everything that Charles Krauthammer says about President Obama reflects the fact that he is still pissed off that Obama handed Romney his backside last November.

He is just another GOPer with sore loser syndrome.

Nothing that he has to say (Including the bull**** that Wehrwolfen links to.) impresses me.




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Better days are coming." ~ But not for today's out of touch, running out of time, GOP.

 

[Vern]

Where's the Left on Obama's step back on Syria?:

again you post something intimating the democrats should be complaining about something. I'd ask you to clarify exactly what but you cut and run when I asked. Anyhoo, now "we are stepping back"? That contradicts your silly editorial that "we are "rushing to war" which contradicted your silly editorial that "we've lost the element of surprise".

 

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