Fool's Errand Quote of the Day

"...as the CIA sees it, the ramped-up backing of rebels is an expansion of a strategy that is already not working. 'The CIA also believes that its previous assignment to accomplish this was basically a fool’s errand, and they are well aware of the fact that many of the arms that they provided ended up in the wrong hands,' the congressman said, echoing intelligence sources." -- (emphasis added) via the HuffPo, an unnamed Dem Congressman relaying the unclassified basics of a recent CIA briefing on arming Syrian "moderates."

Remember that bitter loser Sen. John "Walnuts" McCain and his sidekick Sen. Huckleberry J. Butchmeup* in every TV appearance over the past 18 months demanded -- DEMANDED -- that President Obama send bombs, tanks, missiles, etc. to the "moderate" forces fighting in Syria.  The CIA's description of McCain's reckless urging as a "fool's errand" seems to fit perfectly.
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* Charles P. Pierce's unbeatable moniker for Lindsey Graham

McNasty's At It Again

Clearly, Arizona Sen. John McNasty is running scared in his Rethuglican primary against loopy wingnut J.D. Hayworth. He's saying he never thought of himself as a "maverick," despite referring to himself that way constantly in the 2008 campaign (and in his Rethuglican Convention speech!). Now, in a replay of his "Bombbombbomb, bombbombIran" gaffe during the campaign, McNasty is suggesting that we should "pull the trigger" on Iran to derail their nuclear program. Yeah, that's the ticket: a third war in the Middle East, because two's not enough!

Thank God this craven, bitter old clown wasn't the winner in the last Presidential election.

(photo: Let's drop McNasty on Iran; two problems solved in one fell swoop!)

McSame's "Gut"

Interesting article in today's New York Times which illustrates how a Preznit McSame might react in future crises. His reaction in the days and weeks following 9/11? Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb. . .uh Iraq, Syria, and Iran. His "gut" instinct was to take the fight far beyond the attackers - - al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan. McSame lashed out before determining whether they had any responsibility for 9/11, and without planning for the repercussions after dropping bombs all over the Muslim world.

In the most recent conflict between Russia and Georgia, McSame was more bellicose than Dumbya and the Pentagon, whose forces are stretched beyond the limit. And some people want this guy with his finger on the nuclear trigger for the next four years?