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In reply to the discussion: That was pretty goddamned incoherent, frankly. [View all]quaker bill
(8,222 posts)Game this thing out.
Say Mr. Assad breaks into the massive stockpile again next week, and kills a few thousand more.
Where do you think the votes in Congress will be then? (answer: if there are enough dead children on CNN, even the T-party wackaloons will be on board)
Where do you think Mr. Assad thinks the votes will be if he does this?
Remember BHO only put the saber back into the sheath, but it is still parked just offshore and could pay Mr. Assad a visit in 30 minutes...
After a dozen years of war, do you really think anyone in the Middle East thinks we are not capable of going crazy stupid with all that firepower on a whim?
Do you think anyone over there does not fully comprehend the massive technical advantages we possess against every scrap of military equipment they possess?
He is not setting diplomacy for failure. The Secretary of State is on his team. He is setting up Assad and Congress, if Assad acts.