Angelo Codevilla at The Federalist writes common sense with an inside-the-beltway look. He's right though his thinking is conventional and statist. A more magnificent bastard like Dick Cheney would call up the appropriate CIA office and let loose some substantial, quiet wet-work until the surviving rulers of Qatar, Saudi-controlled Arabia and yes, even Turkey, would do as we 'ask'.
Though there's no reason why both approaches couldn't be tried at the same time.
The idiot who wrote the other day (and who Fred methodically took apart) about our need to "understand" evil (and not call it 'evil') would miss this important codicil: yes, we need to understand evil thoroughly. We need to understand the 'context'. Then we need to kill it. Understanding it will make sure we get the killing done. |
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