… is, of course, never to involve “boots on the ground.”
The White House and the Pentagon have repeatedly ruled out “boots on the ground” in Syria, but Defense Department officials were less certain Thursday on whether U.S. military personnel might be sent to help secure or destroy Syria’s chemical weapons.
Pentagon Press Secretary George Little gave a vague answer when asked if U.S. troops were prepared to assist should an international agreement allow Russia to take control of the tons of chemical weapons believed to be in the stockpiles of President Bashar al-Assad.
“I’m not going to speculate on who may or may not be participating in a process that may or may not take place,” Little said. “We’ve got to see where the process goes” before the U.S. military considers involvement, he said.
– The Syrian fiasco just spot-lighted the “unbelievably small” Bumblefuck and his rudderless ship of shame.
– From the book “Where have we seen this written about before”:
….“The-Power-Of-Leftist-Mythmaking”
“There are valuable reasons for telling certain stories in a certain way at pivotal times, but that doesn’t mean we have to hold on to them once they’ve outlived their usefulness.
Take a moment and read that quote again, because it’s one of the clearest statements ever written on how the left sees “the narrative.” It’s moral relativism applied to epistemology and metaphysics. There is no such thing as truth to the left. There are “certain stories” that can be told “a certain way.” The story tellers, whether they are artist or journalist, simply pick and choose which story they will tell which way depending upon whether it’s a “pivotal time.”
This philosophy explains why in so many cases you get a story that is heavily hyped in the culture at one point and then later the real story comes out. While trying to drive a gay rights agenda, the myth of Matthew Shepard was useful, so that’s what ended up getting reported. If it’s useful to say that Shepard was killed by homophobic good ol’ boys in Wyoming, the news media and the arts go all in on that story.
– Of course. J school taught them all how to be good obeidient little Commies.
The fact that the establishment gave the task of
defending its positions to the usual political and journalistic hacks
was probably a case of Hobson’s choice in an emergency, but it
gained it nothing and was just one further error, since those gentlemen’s
standards are notorious. As could be expected, they immediately
brought into play against the Charter a whole set of slanders,
distortions, abuse, half-truths and absolute falsehoods which all
represent the dismal range of their capacity. Ispeak from experience
as one who has been a favourite target for their sort of behaviour for
the past thirty years, and who could well lay claim to the laurels of
seniority and worthy service. Though the powers that be may not
know it, or rather, would sooner not know it, nay, cannot afford to
know it (for where else would they find more obedient, unscrupulous
and servile creatures), the media are the principal, albeit
unintentional, creators and encouragers of opposition, since they
are totaJIy suspect and nobody believes them. People almost automatically
take for gospel the opposite of what the papers say. Once
all-powerful, the media were capable of pointing the finger that
condemned people to death.
page 127 “power of the powerless”
steppin’ in hickenlooper
John Hickenlooper nervously defends gun control laws after Colorado recalls
That’s spokesperson speak for “how the hell should I know?” Isn’t it?
Re: BBH
So Firesign Theater was right after all. Just not in their mirro-verse.
In ours however the beat[down] goes on.
“We’ve got to see where the process goes” before the U.S. military considers involvement, he said.”
– Because thats all you can do when you have a community organizer follower instead of a leader.
Putin can make an empty suit crap itself. Also he gets his tits out for the camera. What a guy.
these boots were made for cutting
and running
and that’s just what they’ll do
America’s silly wars are always lacking follow-through
Wormtongue is everywhere.
He’ll read your fate
Andl Warn of the things
That lie in wait
And sing you to sleep
Make you clean your plate
And he’ll brush stray hairs
From your balding pate
And he’ll lie you down
On a limestone bier
So you won’t be late
For your funeral date
And he’ll fill your cup
And polish your shield
And open the gate
to our Dunland friends
But you sure are glad he’s here
‘Cause you know he’s right,
No one wants a fight,
On a cold dark night
As the logs burn low
And the chill winds blow
And you shudder and twitch
With fear.
Wormtongue is everywhere
And we sure are glad he’s here.
In this troubling
Time of Year.
And meet you back in town.
Obama puts your boot in,
Obama puts your boot out,
Obama puts your boot in,
And he shakes it all about,
Obama does the hokey pokey
and he turn himself around
That what it’s all about.
We were told “No boots on the ground” in Libya, too.
That worked out so well.