Jon Stewart and Tavis Smiley tonight.

[cilla4progress]

Really good. Heart-stopping. See it if you can.*


*Smiley just wrote a book about MLK and said if he were alive today he would be disappointed in Pres Obama's actions with re-engaging militarily in the middle east.

I myself think Obama is lying to himself, along with us, about the adviseability of this course of action. It goes against his character, he'll regret it some day, and it will do no good in the long run.

You might ask what do I suggest? I don't really know. There must be more options than only military. And being in more of a support role than a leadership role. It's their damn neighborhood. They have to take responsibility for cleaning it up. I'm sure they're laughing all the way to the bank. They got us good. By the short ones.

I'm sick of this going to war shit.

[jaysunb]

1. Ring Ring, Hello? Tavis ?

Fuck You.

[cilla4progress]

2. Why?

[One of the 99]

3. Smiley has been trashing the President since 2007

He has no credibility on the subject.

[freshwest]

15. I bow to your judgment on this. And I think he's only in it for himself.

[a kennedy]

4. If you don't approve of Tavis Smiley you can hope he'll break a leg as he's one of the "stars" on

dancing with the stars.... http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2014/09/dancing_with_the_stars_season_19_cast.html

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

13. wow - they are really stretching the definition of 'stars"

When Carlton from the Fresh Prince is the biggest name you can get, maybe it's time for the show to pack it in.

[freshwest]

14. Get your barf bag ready for one of their former 'stars':

[JoePhilly]

5. Who said our approach is "only military"?

That view seems naive.

[cilla4progress]

6. Ok, then - knee-jerk military?

Why does the US need to be out front on this? Does not make sense to me. The countries in the neighborhood there should take care of this, as they are the main targets. Are they really going to succeed, these air strikes? Remember whack-a-mole? We are NOT going to destroy terrorism. THAT's naive!

Jon Stewart speaks for me.

[1StrongBlackMan]

7. Nothing this President has done ...

has been "Knee-Jerk."

[cilla4progress]

8. The decision to begin air strikes over a country who doesn't want us there

is not entirely Pres Obama's.

I don't believe he believes in it. His delivery was wooden, and think he is sickened by it. I'm not saying I don't think he believes in doing it on some level, but I think he is being pressured into it. Obviously.

[JoePhilly]

11. Iraq has asked us for help.

And as for Syria ... you might want to consider what Obama said to McCain about going after OBL in Pakistan.

He said if he had the right intel, and pakistan was unable or unwilling to help, he'd go in. And he did exactly that.

Here, I suspect that if he thinks specific targets in Syria can be hit and that would significantly degrade ISIL, he'll do it. But there again, he won't knee-jerk it.

[JoePhilly]

10. There has been no knee-jerk.

The countries there need help.

Iraq actually ASKED for help.

Now, if we had sent 150,000 troops for an extended occupation, that would be a knee-jerk response.

[cilla4progress]

9. This.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025525336

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

12. Is Smiley still faking completed dates for his "poverty tour"

and claiming to have visited cities he never set foot in?