So saith a commenter on the news that two US fighters dropped a few bombs on ISIS artillery in Iraq.
On Thursday night, President Obama confirmed that he had authorized military air strikes in Iraq against Islamic State forces."We can act, carefully and responsibly . . . ." Translation: "We will act timidly and ineffectively."
“I believe the United States of America cannot turn a blind eye,” he said. “We can act, carefully and responsibly, to prevent a potential act of genocide.”
This strike was simply symbolic. It was not an expression of the national will nor even of presidential resolve. It was at best an expression of Obama's distaste for having to deal with the whole situation.
It is an expression of typical leftist thinking about using military force: start small and taper off. It is the baseless hope that ISIS will point to the sky and say, "Holy crap! Two American fighters! Let's stop being ruthless murderers!"
This is what was done:
This is what should be done:
Update: The Washington Post pays Obama the enormous compliment of upgrading the two fighter sorties to "half steps." That is in fact a vast over-estimation.
And remember back in 2008 race when Obama said genocide was no reason to stay engaged in Iraq?
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