Randy Newman supplied the next line: "So let's drop the big one now."
I'm bemused by the anti-Obama claque's latest criticism, that President O is not urging the protesters in Iran to overthrow the government. Perhaps O has learned from the experience of George Bush Sr., in 1991 when he publically urged the Iraqis to overthrow Saddam. That did not work out any better than the US support for Chinese dissidents in 1989 in Tiananmen Square.
The right's panties are all in a twist because they actually believe that "attempted diplomacy" is a felony. I'm not sure what they suggest we do other than "not speaking to tyrants." That's pretty much been proven to be ineffective during the last 8 years. Maybe a softer approach will accomplish something.
In any event, I hope we have learned that we waste the lives and limbs of our troops when we send them to try and copy/paste democracy onto a theocratic society.
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As usual, you are spot-on. Someone should offer you a job writing about this stuff.
Seven Marines were killed in Afghanistan today. Good thing they weren't trying to get them to adopt Democracy.
And Hillary is going to meet with the ousted President of Hondouras (you know the one who wanted to shitcan its Constitution and was denied by the Hondouran Congress and Supreme Court). I'm sure she is going to tell him to respect the Democratic process.
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