[Peace-discuss] "Spring time for Obama, and America..."

[C. G. Estabrook]

"...bitter enemies" - tho' I may have been right the first time: both sides bite.

And "polls" not "pols" - but as the latter term is used in Boston, that may be 
correct, too.


On 3/6/11 11:29 AM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
> The morning papers bring more indications that the administration is planning 
> a major move soon in its Long War in the Middle East.
>
> It could be a stand-down/withdrawal of troops from AfPak - and the 
> substitution of air-power - because the Afghans Are Unworthy:
>
> Petraeus is dished (scuttling his 2012 chances*) and the Air Force (Gates' 
> step-child) comes roaring back.
>
> At the extreme, this could mean a seizure of Pakistani nukes (which may be 
> what Raymond Davis was preparing), but that's so dangerous that Obama may 
> prefer to use ordnance to say he's kept his promise of withdrawal from SW Asia 
> - like Nixon in re SE Asia in 1973.
>
> _____________
> *If Obama sides with Petraeus' biter enemies in the Pentagon, Petraeus would 
> have to run for president on a "I Was Winning!" stab-in-the-back platform.  
> And the pols suggest that that wouldn't fly with US voters. Obama and his 
> employers read the polls.
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