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OBAMA PROMISES SYRIA STRIKE WILL HAVE NO OBJECTIVE
POSTED BY ANDY BOROWITZ
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)Attempting to quell criticism of his proposal for a limited military mission in Syria, President Obama floated a more modest strategy today, saying that any U.S. action in Syria would have no objective whatsoever.
Let me be clear, he said in an interview on CNN. Our goal will not be to effect régime change, or alter the balance of power in Syria, or bring the civil war there to an end. We will simply do something random there for one or two days and then leave.
It may take twenty-four hours, but it could also take twelve, Mr. Carney said.
Maybe we get in there, take a look around, and get out right away. But however long it takes, one thing will not change: this mission will have no point. The President is resolute about that.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitzreport/2013/08/obama-promises-syria-strike-will-have-no-objective.html?currentPage=all
via:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/08/30/1235004/-Andy-Borowitz-Nails-Syria-Even-Better
Cal Carpenter
(4,959 posts)and be the first to rec this.
The first time I got a smile outta this sad nightmare.
Ghost Dog
(16,881 posts):wry grin:
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)What an understatement.
avaistheone1
(14,626 posts)It's gallows humor. And it sure underscores the reality of it all.
I swear, this stuff writes itself. Anything from the Daily Show? I've been swamped at work all week.
lark
(23,003 posts)Too bad, they'd eat this up and make us spew with laughter.
Avalux
(35,015 posts)What's going on in the background that isn't told is what will eventually come to light when Assad's top peeps are neutralized.
Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)will have a release on it soon, heh?
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)tkmorris
(11,138 posts)Yeah I know, there is nothing about this situation that should be funny, but what can ya do?
Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)for being deliberate and not getting us into the civil war!
ConservativeDemocrat
(2,720 posts)...writes satire. And often times he does it badly.
However, what is truly hilarious is when partisan lunatics actually imagine his satire is real.
Usually these are teabaggers. Sometimes not.
- C.D. Proud Member of the Reality Based Community
caseymoz
(5,763 posts)For while there, I thought we were going to get into another pointless conflict, kill thousands of people, stay for a dozen years, and never accomplish any of our shifting objectives.
For saving us gratuitous embarrassment for our war crimes, Obama is to be congratulated.
iamthebandfanman
(8,127 posts)= Funny.
Putting a winky face in your post while discussing war ...
youre an evil war monger who thinks war is a joke and doesn't care about human life what so ever and are clearly taking this way to lightly..
check.
bvar22
(39,909 posts)Biting satire.
Douglas Carpenter
(20,226 posts)gratitude is that he made the American public so sick of war that even an orchestrated campaign by the entire mainstream media from the New York Times to Fox News and supported by the mainstream leadership of both political parties cannot sell imperial war in the Middle East anymore. Praise the Lord and Alhamdulillah!