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PCIntern

(25,347 posts)
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 12:26 PM Aug 2013

Obama's Kobayashi Maru situation:

For those who do not know what those two words mean, see

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobayashi_Maru


Now: He intervenes in Syria he not only risks an outbreak of regional war, but worse, expressions of hostile outrage at Democratic Underground. If he doesn't intervene, then he risks further outrageous behavior by Syria and other countries defying the Paper Tiger which the USA! USA! USA! shall become, assuming that we are not already there.

Now, this is exactly why movies are movies and real life is real life. In a Hollywood film version, Harrison Ford, or E. G. Marshall or the guy from the Allstate commercial would come up with an answer which would be an unqualified success, as scripted by Tom Clancy. In an indie film version, the answer would lead to a catastrophic and most depressing ending, with the associated explanatory end titles. In real life, of course, thousands are going to die, one way or the other. No doubt about that. And President Obama will be the lightning rod from both the left and the right. No doubt about that either.

There will be blood...speaking of movies.

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