tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4880967058565918911.post4788361291919772144..comments2023-10-25T01:25:21.340-07:00Comments on DAVE MARASH SEZ: WAR-LITE?DAVE MARASHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06396872443107750028noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4880967058565918911.post-8367292311453628512013-09-01T15:57:06.169-07:002013-09-01T15:57:06.169-07:00A few more-or-less random comments, from someone w...A few more-or-less random comments, from someone whose mind is not made up on the whole issue:<br />1. So, you're saying, other than expressing moral outrage and verbal condemnation, it's better to do nothing? There don't seem to be alternatives to 'war-lite.' At least I haven't heard of any. <br />2. Your very forceful and convincing argument does not respond to the administration's description of the dilemna it faces. As I understand Obama and company, they're saying that the US can either launch a few Tomahawks, as a mostly symbolic gesture, or just shut up and move on. <br />3. The notion that sending a few missiles amounts to war - or war-lite - strikes me as a rhetorical slight of hand. Would you say that the US went to war when Reagan and Clinton launched air strikes on foreign lands during the 80s and 90s? (I by no means mean to suggest that it's ok to drop a few bombs here and there on miscreant nations, only that while the acts may be considered acts of war, especially by those on whose heads the bombs land, this does not constitute war or even war-lite).<br />4. One possibility you seem to exclude is that the spectacle does not show up on television. If the targets are Syrian military airfields and control centers, I don't understand why that will necessarily appear in prime time anywhere.<br /> Ken Dreyfackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18349844743382650374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4880967058565918911.post-38356083945797196062013-09-01T14:30:35.533-07:002013-09-01T14:30:35.533-07:00I appreciate your description of the weakness of v...I appreciate your description of the weakness of video reporting when it comes to conveying scale. I can only pray that enough members of Congress have staffers who are sufficiently media savvy to understand this. I have emailed both NM Senators asking them (i.e. a staffer) to read your analysis and vote NO! on attacking Syria.Carolyn Meinelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06915923268376293519noreply@blogger.com