[lbo-talk] Suspicious silence

[Wojtek S]

[WS:]  It is worse than that.  Obama arguably made the biggest blunder in
his political career, first by declaring a red line and thus allowing to be
manipulated in a situation requiring utmost prudence, restraint, and
flexibility, and second by asking congress to approve his meaningless
military action in Syria.  Even if this action goes as planned, it will
have minimal consequences for the Syrian conflict.  However, whether it
goes as planned or not, it will cost Obama dearly. This is almost as bad as
the Iran Hostage Crisis for Carter.

On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:


>
> On Sep 5, 2013, at 1:03 PM, Max Sawicky <sawicky at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> > I haven't any solutions, but isn't it obvious that Assad gets replaced by
> > an alternate but also sorry state of affairs? Sectarian revenge killings,
> > Islamic oppression of women etc., Al Queda wannabees running around?
>
> Pretty much what's happened in Libya, right?
>
> I was persuaded by Gilbert Achcar's argument that a little NATO bombing
> might be to the good in Libya, but I don't think things turned out so well.
> I'm back to thinking that nothing good can come when delivered by B-52s and
> Tomahawk missiles.
>
> Doug
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Wojtek

"An anarchist is a neoliberal without money."