tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post3399572543970799775..comments2024-01-22T04:45:58.881+02:00Comments on Simply Jews: The realpolitik of "to bomb or not to bomb": isn't there something else that matters?GideonSworthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13951672633294843881noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-27970527251913277472013-09-04T09:55:09.087+03:002013-09-04T09:55:09.087+03:00OK.OK.SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-30292470712608195102013-09-04T07:59:39.373+03:002013-09-04T07:59:39.373+03:00Ah, I see. It needed to be more obvious. A few fel...Ah, I see. It needed to be more obvious. A few felafels short of an enchilada, something like that. It was a worthy attempt, though. Great visionaries are seldom appreciated in their time.SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-49192696269516123142013-09-04T02:50:48.655+03:002013-09-04T02:50:48.655+03:00I agree Snoopy that Assad & Co. need to be ove...I agree Snoopy that Assad & Co. need to be overthrown, Equally important significant military action must be taken so that use of chemical weapons does not become a legitimate part of war. If Assad is not punished for using chemical weapons, not only Assad, but other brutal dictators will use them, particularly the other Bashir, the indicted war criminal who is Sudan's ruler. <br /><br /><br /><br />I agree that to do nothing in Syria will be inviting the bells to toll for all us, just as did more than 70 years ago.SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-23823444972369759172013-09-03T09:32:33.055+03:002013-09-03T09:32:33.055+03:00Your acceptance of the blame accepted ;-)Your acceptance of the blame accepted ;-)SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-50647956672279198922013-09-03T01:05:12.431+03:002013-09-03T01:05:12.431+03:00I accept the blame for this one. I used it here so...I accept the blame for this one. I used it here some time ago, trying to be funny by mixing things up. (Tacos and enchiladas are distinct preparations, both of them too fattening for me.) Nobody seems to have gotten the joke. Too lame.SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-44794870804330169042013-09-02T22:41:56.091+03:002013-09-02T22:41:56.091+03:00Oh, and by the way - many of Assad supporters are ...Oh, and by the way - many of Assad supporters are not Muslims or, at least, token Muslims.SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-8466866367929354482013-09-02T22:40:56.455+03:002013-09-02T22:40:56.455+03:00The problem is that while Muslims are killing Musl...The problem is that while Muslims are killing Muslims, most of the people who die are peaceful citizenry who don't care much about the rebels and/or about the Baby Assad and his henchmen. <br /><br />As it goes in any well-organized massacre usually.SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-48458830889101580742013-09-02T22:38:59.101+03:002013-09-02T22:38:59.101+03:00No, I didn't see any yet, but I guess it will ...No, I didn't see any yet, but I guess it will appear.SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-14563820744301202012013-09-02T21:53:05.256+03:002013-09-02T21:53:05.256+03:00Yep, you got me there. I keep mixing up the ingred...Yep, you got me there. I keep mixing up the ingredients of the Tex-Mex cuisine for sure. But I eat the stuff with pleasure nevertheless.<br /><br />As for the object of the exercise - I prefer to call him a meshuggener anyway...SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-12780986033649190002013-09-02T21:49:38.622+03:002013-09-02T21:49:38.622+03:00We are certainly getting somewhere, true. And have...We are certainly getting somewhere, true. And have a nice day.SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-87260591266150076072013-09-02T21:49:20.465+03:002013-09-02T21:49:20.465+03:00I must admit it is hard to "give a shit"...I must admit it is hard to "give a shit" about the Syrian populace. Muslims killing Muslims? Why would we would to hinder that?SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-53638935732485101382013-09-02T21:46:46.370+03:002013-09-02T21:46:46.370+03:00Has anyone checked into recent employment of Flat ...Has anyone checked into recent employment of Flat Fatima in the alleged Syrian gas attack? Could explain a lot.SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-34753764864012788602013-09-02T21:18:34.867+03:002013-09-02T21:18:34.867+03:00a few tacos short of an enchilada
While I agree ...<i>a few tacos short of an enchilada</i><br /><br /><br />While I agree that Tex-Mex cuisine is a potentially rich source of metaphor, this one needs a little tinkering. How about "a few pinto beans short of an enchilada combo"?SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-62110860236870530592013-09-02T20:56:54.145+03:002013-09-02T20:56:54.145+03:00Good post Snoop. My soap box is closed for the day...Good post Snoop. My soap box is closed for the day. Let us contemplate the observation of the immortal sage Yogi Berra "We might be lost, but we're making good time."SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-45473208590871298992013-09-02T16:38:42.982+03:002013-09-02T16:38:42.982+03:00I rather believe that he will forbid color red any...I rather believe that he will forbid color red anywhere in the WH for the duration.SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-11163492279031064842013-09-02T16:10:19.339+03:002013-09-02T16:10:19.339+03:00"the formal "red line" quite stupid..."the formal "red line" quite stupidly drawn by Obama was just a pretext for doing nothing."<br />Exactly. He is SO pissed now! His speechwriters have since been given direction to draw the red line at the point where hell freezes over.SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-5530070684319845392013-09-02T14:34:56.211+03:002013-09-02T14:34:56.211+03:00Oh, that he is certainly not ready to do, if he ev...Oh, that he is certainly not ready to do, if he ever will, which I am starting to doubt too.SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-46483659780221807622013-09-02T13:38:45.251+03:002013-09-02T13:38:45.251+03:00One thing for sure, Assad can't go to the toil...One thing for sure, Assad can't go to the toilet without permission from Tehran, and Obozo knows it (assuming he's been paying attention to his daily briefings instead of pondering what's for lunch) and so if gas was used (and I even heretically ain't sure about that) the Iranians authorized it. So if Obozo's not willing to bomb Tehran, then, as I said before, he should shut up and go play golf.SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-18761225464520149482013-09-02T12:15:01.271+03:002013-09-02T12:15:01.271+03:00He and his henchmen should have been offed a long ...He and his henchmen should have been offed a long time ago, when the mass murder started. Indeed, the formal "red line" quite stupidly drawn by Obama was just a pretext for doing nothing.<br /><br />As for reasoning of Code Pink: it only means let mass murder continue, while we do that "die in" thing and collect pictures from the press. Taken further, it means that "never again" remains an empty slogan - as it really does.SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-49462046510884244602013-09-02T12:03:51.774+03:002013-09-02T12:03:51.774+03:00He should be killed, I agree. But we apparently ha...He should be killed, I agree. But we apparently have no ability in that direction or it might have happened already. So hit his palace (or two) with a bomb or bombs (if we can do it without being shot down by one of Obongo's errant MANPADs, and then say sorry that his British wife and half-Brit kids got the grease along with him. <br /><br /><br />For once I find myself on Code Pink's side, however. I cannot see the point in avenging the mass killing of civilians by killing more civilians. All to make Obongo look tough. What balderdash. Poison gas sounds horrifc, true, but it's pristine compared to massed artillery.SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-90654482026501075342013-09-02T11:58:34.805+03:002013-09-02T11:58:34.805+03:00" few give a shit about the actual Syrian peo..." few give a shit about the actual Syrian people"<br /><br />Right. As for me focusing on Baby Assad - you are right, I just wanted a focal point.SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-26265701698186974982013-09-02T11:05:09.662+03:002013-09-02T11:05:09.662+03:00Resurgent Westphalian realpolitik aside, there ano...Resurgent Westphalian realpolitik aside, there another interpretation: that few give a shit about the actual Syrian people. It is perhaps the most disturbing interpretation of all.<br /><br />"Bashar Assad should be killed."<br /><br />Quite. Him and a bunch of others at the top of the Ba'ath Party and Syrian military high command.SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.com