Reply #25: Ya lost me. Isn't your post about the potential political exploitation....

[Smarmie Doofus]

>>>>>>Could you imagine the field day the GOP, FAUX News and the Right wingers would be having?
The memes would be fast and furious:
"Obama and the Dems surrendered the nation to Al-Qaeda"
"Obama's moves caused the attempted terror attack"
"Obama and the Dems can't keep you safe"

and so on, it would have inflicted a huge blow on the Dems and Obama. One that they potentially couldn't recover from. Instead thanks to keeping Afghanistan from Al Qaeda and by already pursing Al-Qaeda in Yemen the right's memes are going to fall flat. Talk about dodging a bullet.>>>>>>>>>>

... of a complicated foreign policy issue by the GOP and how it's a good political move for Obama to act with aggressive military action to deprive the opposition of a potentially powerful issue?

I'm not saying that VN is militarily analagous to Afghanistan/Pakistan/Iraq/Iran; I'm saying that your ( and Obama's ) rationale for intervention is analogous to the rationale of the Kennedy/Johnson administration.

You see the difference. Yes?