Non-negotiations begin to prevent the non-planned war against the non-WMD possessor
The US military has been weakened, according to the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Peter Pace. And “a report that accompanied Pace’s review concluded that while the Pentagon is working to improve its warfighting abilities, it “may take several years to reduce risk to acceptable levels.”
Meanwhile…
Based on historical Republican weakness at negotiating fur from a shedding cat, this can only mean they’ll be discussing the non-shape of the non-negotiating table while planning the most massive non-bombing campaign in world history.
Six years of stalling talks with North Korea provided nothing more than what was available in 2001. Republican negotiating skills haven’t looked this weak since Nixon and Kissinger’s pathetic attempts in Vietnam.
‘Bomb ‘em back to the Stone Age’ was the policy back then. It didn’t work. And the proud tradition of Republican weakness at diplomacy is showing quite clearly again. They don’t know how to wage a war or how to end one, having failed at both in every hot war since the Spanish American War of 1898.
But they’ve sure learned how to start them, haven’t they?
