Wait, you mean too many cooks spoil the broth? Goodness! If only we’d be warned. That too many cooks spoil the broth.
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread proffered only a bitterly wry smile.
Let’s just get this out of the way:
“Too many chiefs and not enough Indians”
Racist!
I hear the Italians are throwing pasta.
It’s not unilateral if you start with a few other countries and lots of good intentions, but end up having to do most if not all of it yourself. How could our President have seen this coming? It’s completely unprecedented.
Seems as though the Germans have no problem getting a Cease and Desist order out to the right address in a timely manner…
Meanwhile, in our own country, DOJ Memo Confirms Terrorists Have Crossed the Border.
This is no real surprise. The Germans haven’t substantively taken part in any NATO operations overseas; outside of logistical or medical services.
“You want to put the French in charge? Seriously? Not a joke?
Ok, that’s it. Pack up, boys, we’re outta here…”
Yeah. The French and northern Africa have an awesome history. Let’s back that pony with all the QE3 cash that’s coming our way!
I have a dream. A dream where a competent administration sends a competent Secretary of State to deliver a measured address along the lines of:
This would be followed by French and British statements to the effect that the Americans are too modest, that their involvement is critical to success, and that the West is fortunate to have an ally like the United States, who can sustain major operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and still spare resources in North Africa, while at the same time assisting our mutual friends in Japan as they dig out of their terrible natural disaster.
Of course, the idea of competent national governments gives me nightmares for a number of other reasons.
Not bad squid, but are we sure those “courageous people of Libya” want freedom, and not just a different dictator (or an Ayatollah)?
Who exactly are these rebels, and what do they really want? Are there statements or writings that lay it out, or are we just shooting blindly, hoping it will all work out?
I find it troubling these questions aren’t even being asked, much less answered.
“Who’s in charge?”
I’ve heard Turkey has some concerns about the pecking order.
Shaitan — It would appear the Germans are above the Frey.
Maybe the optics of Bundeswehr tanks in North Africa finally sank in.
Who exactly are these rebels, and what do they really want?
In my dream world, the CIA laid that out for the Administration earlier.
Again with the caveat that competence=nightmares.
I myself am pretty sanguine about the rebel leadership. If it turns out that the rebels are lead by some sonofabitch we can’t do business with, we just find ourselves a different sonofabitch.
Of course there’s no way in hell we’re ruthless enough to play the Great Game the way it needs to be played, greatly.
“Maybe the optics of Bundeswehr tanks in North Africa finally sank in.”
just say that they’re wwii reenactors
just say that they’re wwii reenactors
Then we’re going to need 275,000 of them to surrender.
I hear the Italians are throwing pasta.
Oh, the Italians are involved, Joe, just not in the way you think. Have a look at the self-propelled howitzer in the picture from the Daily Mail link in the post. I know it’s missing a few crucial bits (you can see the turret and gun in the background) but it’s still very recognisable.
Wait, you mean too many cooks spoil the broth? Goodness! If only we’d be warned. That too many cooks spoil the broth.
Just keep ’em away from the chili pot. None of this Cincinnati – squarehead style skyline crap, thank you.
Three weeks to cobble something together and what? Three days to start falling apart?
The object lesson here is that, in the international community, it is the role of the United States to lead. And when we fail to play our role, bad things are almost sure to follow.
I don’t see a problem with Italy selling tanks or mobile guns to Libya. Besides, the engines probably need a tuneup every 50 hours and only Italian mechanics can do it right and it also costs a bundle.
Over the Rhine? I once hung out with Linford for an hour or so before a gig they did in Mpls years ago. Cool guy. Very arty (go fig).
Don’t worry, cranky, this one is good stuff – the engine is finest
Germansquarehead Motoren-und Turbinen-Union Friedrichshafen gmbh.Good to see the Italians are accusing the French of having cut a deal with the rebels for oil contracts… no blood for oil… so the Italian’s are reconsidering the use of their airbases
Silvio Berlusconi couldn’t be reached for comment, buried as he is under a writhing mass of underage hookers
Blimey, this is embarrassing. Any chance Jeff could donate the next fundraiser to the Royal Navy? We seem to have ejaculatio praecox.
Ya know, I never really understood what “horrifying” meant.
Not over a period of years at least.
The Won Everyone Was Waiting For has reduced the gravity of state sanctioned killing by uniformed armed forces to an activity best administrated by a “political committee” to be named by the remaining members of the international debating society that shamed him into doing SOMETHING …
This isn’t amateur hour. This is our country in free fall.
Speaking of the French and multinational efforts, I believe it was Napoleon who said he would rather fight allies than be one. And Napoleon wasn’t exactly a dumbass.
Nor was he French.
I love John Bolton reason 316:
Hannity asks about Obama’s 2007 comments that the constitution does not allow for president’s launching unilateral attacks without a clear and immediate danger to the US itself…
“The constitution does not bar incompetence, which is what we have here.” – Bolton on Hannity tonight.
LULZ
Don’t know if everyone’s seen this Garfinkle piece, but it’s a doozy. One of the best summaries of the Libyan situation that I’ve yet seen, and as a bonus, it invokes the “down the rabbit hole” trope with a much deeper understanding than most:
Sound familiar?
Wasn’t the big beef about Iraq and Afghanistan that “there wasn’t a plan”? There’s a plan in Libya?
There’s a plan in Libya?
Stand around looking like idiots; blame failure on other people.