Col. Ralph Peters has a good analysis of the situation in Syria.
You might as well try to teach a snake to juggle as hope the Obama administration will think strategically. The “peace president” is about to embark on his third military adventure, this time in Syria, without having learned the lessons of his botched efforts in Afghanistan and Libya. He hasn’t even learned from the Bush administration’s mistakes — which he mocked with such delight.Before launching a single cruise missile toward Syria, Team Obama needs to be sure it has a good answer to the question, “What comes next?”
Go read the whole thing.
I still haven't heard what the goal in Syria is. What's our compelling national interest? What is our motivation? Is Congress going to be given a chance to authorize this action?
This seems like President Obama got his feelings hurt and is wanting to lash out. Otherwise, I can't explain it.
Ralph Peters is my first choice for analysis, good catch. My thought is that, one, his mouth overloaded his ass and, two, he's thinking of the 2014 elections. If only the Republicans controlled Congress and de-funded his plans.... Oh, wait....
ReplyDeleteI think it's more of "one", as in: His mouth wrote a check that the US military now has to cash.
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