"Frightful" Words ??
In this, the land of "gun-nuttery"; the 'John Wayne' world-view; the "shoot first -- reason later" mentality; the words from our Secretary of State on Friday regarding Syria should strike fear. A fear that is new for us. If there is no "military" solution for Syria, our "foreign" policy is suddenly up for serious debate, and, along with it, our "domestic" policy.
The Far Right in this country, which has threatened their political opponents with being "soft on defense", and has ruled that debate since World War II, is facing its "come to Jesus" moment! It has, since 2008, demonstrated to the world (that understands and acknowledges our innate color racism far better than we do) that they will never accept, and will do anything to destroy our first Black President. It appears the world has gotten the message. Will we??
Having boxed him into a corner during the campaign of 2012, the Right Wingers in Congress got his "in your face" response yesterday. They have to "sh*t, or get off the pot!" in this game of "chicken" they have been playing over our foreign policy in the Middle East, and with Russia. We'll see whether they will "put up", or "shut up" during the next few weeks of debate in Congress.
Can we re-structure our foreign policy sufficiently to earn the trust an respect of other nations and peoples, instead of relying completely on terror and money, as we have in the past? The old approach has stitched the fabric of the mess we're in now. Foggy Bottom may have to be up-ended, for the first time in our history.
If we can't learn to "get along" (both at home and abroad), then, perhaps we have to re-institute some form of MAD, (mutually assured destruction) that served to bring the Cold War to its current state. Perhaps, in Putin's mind, the Cold War never died.
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