tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537045684820674531.post1853422938685722446..comments2024-03-29T04:11:05.026-07:00Comments on Consider The Source: No Fly Just Won't Flymikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537045684820674531.post-32931961551526435052011-03-13T08:03:58.354-07:002011-03-13T08:03:58.354-07:00You're right about that, Thunder, but I suspec...You're right about that, Thunder, but I suspect that's because it's a subset of all the things that never "work". And that is primarily because we tend to go into these things with no fucking IDEA about what we're actually trying to accomplish - so whatever we do doesn't "work".<br /><br />That's another reason why a NFZ over Libya is pointless and futile. Under what outcome status would we consider it as having "worked"? Gadhafi out of power? Then that should be the stated goal and end state, and there we go again with regime change in the gulf region and that's going to bite back (again). <br /><br />So ultimately, unless we're prepared to say what it is our intervention is specifically supposed to accomplish, which we won't because that would risk "failure" if that outcome wasn't achieved, we should sit down and shut up.mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537045684820674531.post-24979884935687314102011-03-13T06:48:57.867-07:002011-03-13T06:48:57.867-07:00Hitchens style kung fu never works.
~Hitchens style kung fu never works.<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537045684820674531.post-66530987416893700302011-03-12T13:56:52.068-08:002011-03-12T13:56:52.068-08:00A great post Mikey. Bush and Blair would have been...A great post Mikey. Bush and Blair would have been in already I think, the "a few broken eggs to make an omelette" theory being so popular with them.<br />The only argument there would be against your plan would be a Hitchens style "ends justifies the means", which is not one of my favouritesHamish Mackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18079552635307235197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537045684820674531.post-15884067506942719682011-03-12T11:47:20.029-08:002011-03-12T11:47:20.029-08:00I wonder if Obama and Libyan leaders met for pizza...I wonder if Obama and Libyan leaders met for pizza at Chuck E. Cheeses, would it help? Chuck can turn a frown upside down!Adorable Girlfriendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00980315608634758758noreply@blogger.com