tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post6712673001783807632..comments2024-03-28T03:14:51.294-05:00Comments on Dad29: Contrast PM RadioMouth With Actual IntelligenceDad29http://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-36986487916178753142008-08-12T09:41:00.000-05:002008-08-12T09:41:00.000-05:00The expedition was guided by Putin's objective: t...The expedition was guided by Putin's objective: to rattle Shaak'li's cage.<BR/><BR/>One wonders, by the way, where in Hell State was; seems to me that any sentient diplomat would have been yelling "cut it out" at Shaak'li a long time ago.Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-55973233442375912182008-08-12T09:05:00.000-05:002008-08-12T09:05:00.000-05:00As you say. Many people have more sense than I ha...As you say. Many people have more sense than I have about these things: Gen. Braxton Bragg made the same decision after Chickamagua.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-5932190550531371842008-08-12T06:53:00.000-05:002008-08-12T06:53:00.000-05:00Ahem.Read today's early AM headlines.Ahem.<BR/><BR/>Read today's early AM headlines.Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-69829669348195764732008-08-11T21:33:00.000-05:002008-08-11T21:33:00.000-05:00If he does that he has more sense than I have. I'...If he does that he has more sense than I have. I'd finish taking the whole nation -- he has set up his forces in play, and we can't deploy even if we would for a time. He could close it off in three more days, and then negotiate. It'd be an enviable position to begin negotiations from.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-88627143555497563282008-08-11T19:58:00.000-05:002008-08-11T19:58:00.000-05:00I suspect that the deal will get done along these ...I suspect that the deal will get done along these lines:<BR/><BR/>1) Russkis halt their advance, having scared the *&^% out of Shaak'li;<BR/><BR/>2) Shaak'li agrees to step down;<BR/><BR/>3) A new election is held, after the US and Russia agree on an interim government of some sort.<BR/><BR/>4) South Ossetia becomes independent of Georgia, but perhaps a territory (like Puerto Rico) of the Russian state.<BR/><BR/>I think Putin knows where to stop, too. He's not stupid--or he'd have been dead long ago.Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-23037023517542396522008-08-11T18:22:00.000-05:002008-08-11T18:22:00.000-05:00How do you feel about, "These guys were with us in...How do you feel about, "These guys were with us in Iraq all along, and have let us use their country to train for and stage our operations in Afghanistan -- we owe them more than a shrug when tanks roll into their own country?" <BR/><BR/>Slogan, or reason?<BR/><BR/>I'm OK with doing this with diplomacy and 'soft power,' if that works; and I'm OK with taking our time and getting it right. That said, the fact that Jonah Goldberg said something dumb doesn't color the real arguments for defending an ally against invasion.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.com