You have commented 339 times on Rantburg.

Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Foto Photo
Submit your comments on this article
Africa North
Inside the Intervention
2011-04-03
Quote from Steven Metz's article in The New Republic:
Put simply, Obama's Libya strategy is designed to avoid the most undesirable outcomes rather than optimize the chances of a desired outcome, to do something without "owning" the conflict, to maintain maximum flexibility as the situation evolves, and to do all of this in the face of powerful constraints. The question is whether this strategy can actually work...
No. Of course not. He will end up with the worst of all possible outcomes because he doesn't have any control over them.
Posted by:Pappy

#5  I recall that Joe Biden wanted to impeach Bush over Iraq. Strangely, Biden is uncharacteristically silent. I guess he tripped over his lip back then and hoped no one would notice now.
Posted by: JohnQC   2011-04-03 14:38  

#4  Notice that the only voice that hasn't spoken is Biden's. For the guy who the Obama campaign and administration touted as its foreign policy heavyweight, he's nowhere to be found

yeah.... cuz that would bring Strategic Clarity©.... riiiight

:-)
Posted by: Frank G   2011-04-03 14:14  

#3  Somebody on Team Obama noticed that US Presidents bombing furriners get a rise in their approval ratings

That would be the political wing of the administration - the Axelrod-Plouffe Axis.

However, methinks the "Battle Hens" saw an opportunity and badgered appealed to the community organizer instincts of the President. It helped that both the UN leadership and a major financial backer were on the same team as the Hens.

Notice that the only voice that hasn't spoken is Biden's. For the guy who the Obama campaign and administration touted as its foreign policy heavyweight, he's nowhere to be found.
Posted by: Pappy   2011-04-03 14:11  

#2  Obama's Bay of Pigs invasion?
Posted by: JohnQC   2011-04-03 11:15  

#1  Fiddlesticks. You all treating this as if Team Obama were grownups owing anything even remotely resembling sense of ethics. Somebody on Team Obama noticed that US Presidents bombing furriners get a rise in their approval ratings. So they bombed Libya. When the rise failed to materialize, they drooped the bombings.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2011-04-03 06:36  

00:00