Anyone Sleeping Well at the Moment Is Badly Informed

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The other day I spent a lot of time staring at Barack Obama's socks. It was one of those photos from the Situation Room: the apparently windowless room with the leather armchairs and numerous monitors, where commander in chief O. and his uniforms always sit when bin Laden dies or another half-baked "operation" starts. This time, O. had just ordered air strikes in northern Iraq. His left foot was rested across his right knee.

The aesthetics that the White House has cultivated here are interesting — very withdrawn, without heroic pathos. The pictures exude sobriety and a tense working atmosphere. They depict a thoughtful superpower: The allegedly most powerful man in the world listens, inquires, reflects, decides, even suffers a little. These days, he isn't stupid enough to believe that one always has to do the right thing. However….

Then the fighter jets and a couple of drones took off, to stop the quickly advancing IS militia fighters from the aircraft carrier “USS George H. W. Bush” — a joke in very bad taste. It is named after George Herbert Walker, the old Bush, who conducted the first Iraqi war in 1991. His great goal, he declared at the time, was "a new era, freer from the threat of terror, stronger in the pursuit of justice, and more secure in the quest for peace."

Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm followed Desert Strike ... Thunder ... Viper ... Fox … and many, many more. People died in six-figure numbers. And there were many interventions in other places — Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Libya, Mali…. As Bush I let loose, a Mr. Fukuyama posited “the end of history.” Rarely has something stupider been written.

http://watchingamerica.com/News/244328/anyone-sleeping-well-at-the-moment-is-badly-informed/

[KoKo]

1. "Operation Desert Shit".....sums it up in a unique way for sure

from article:

Operation Desert Shit

And today? Nearly a quarter of a century and countless "Operations" later, anyone drawing up a balance sheet will be shocked. Iraq symbolizes the foolhardy confusion of a U.S. foreign policy which keeps maneuvering itself into tricky situations and notoriously relies on false friends (in this region, the Saudi royal family). Now, it actually appears to have no strategy — not even a wrong one. Its name could be “Operation Desert Shit.”

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2. He does seem very disiilusioned, doesn't he? nt

[The Magistrate]

3. Or Very Tired, Sir...

I certainly am.

[bemildred]

4. Indeed Sir.

I keep thinking "When does this movie end?"

[The Magistrate]

5. Not Sure It Ever Does, Sir

And to go with your graphic:

"Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn."

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6. "Any response just encourages them."

All the wisdom of the Web, reduced to a nutshell.