One interesting thing about Obama’s speech yesterday has been the Republican reaction to it. John McCain has reversed course quicker than any politician ever. After howling for a strike on Damascus, he (and BFF Lindsay Graham) are now saying that a mere missile strike would not be enough, so they might vote against it. They want a real war. (It might be worth pointing out here that Damascus is less than 100 miles away from Har Megiddo, aka Armageddon.)
Rand Paul ❤ Bashar al-Assad
Then, there is potential presidential candidate Rand Paul, who went so far today as to praise Assad, saying that he’s better for Syria’s Christian minority than the rebels would be, which might very well be true.
I remember long ago, on my first trip to Israel (’73), I knew an Iranian girl (where I write “knew,” you may read “was totally obsessed with” but that’s not at all the point of the story.) I asked her what she thought about the Shah and, being the knee-jerk left winger that I am, was expecting something about how horrible he was. She said “The Shah is a good man. He lets the Jews live.” I thought that was rather weak praise, but I suppose when you live in a country where the opposite is possible, that’s not weak praise at all.
So, some Republicans want more of a strike. Some want no strike at all, or for us to strike at the other side. Some people are saying that the rebels have chemical weapons, too. Some people are saying that American intelligence is not that reliable, or that they are flat out lying. Maybe by the time all the dithering is done, the situation on the ground will have changed.
Maybe Obama has opened a couple of cans of worms that needed to be opened.
Maybe he is playing 11th dimensional chess after all.
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