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Comment Re:Yep, another botched job, or was it?? (Score 1) 50

Wait, what instance of excessive power in the hands of the unelected few am I defending, unawares, this time?
Your doctrine of my mindlessness has exposed so much Zombie Smitty activity, I must confess I'm astounded. When not snarfing brains.

Comment Re:You wanted his strategy... (Score 1) 36

All i want is for you to stop moving the goal posts and describe clearly a situation where President Lawnchair could describe the strategy to the American public enough to satisfy you without you claiming that he is giving it all away to The Enemy.

And all I want is for you to have your first encounter with a godforsaken clue.
Go read some Kagan or Mead, please, sir.

Comment Re:You wanted his strategy... (Score 1) 36

The overarching strategy, of course, is like chess pieces. Such is required to maintain the Clausewitzian Trinity.
Of course the operational and tactical levels are more akin to poker, and hidden.
These are key concepts. Let me know if you need me to break them down further for you.

Comment Re:For the 3000+ infidels who died that day ... (Score 1) 8

Not clear why you find mocking the death of innocent people so jeer-worthy. Kinda sad. One of my realizations of serving in Afghanistan is that, past a core of "bad guys" who, arguably "deserve" something final, the bulk of the population in any location you can name really don't explicitly "deserve" the abuse.
You can make a theological case that we've all sinned and merit hell, yes. You can make a political case that we all merit what we tolerate in the form of elected (or assumed) leadership, fine.
But blaming the victim mostly always in bad taste.

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