Mostly, Chicken Hawks Take Cheap Shots.

       Well, whatta ya think about Russia's moves in the Ukraine? Hmm, Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham both state categorically that Pres. Obama is showing weakness, in fact probably extreme weakness. My guess is that every other Republican Senator is in agreement. And probably a few Democrats agree too. So, whatta you think? I suppose it looks that way and that's because there isn't much America can do short of starting WWIII. Putin knows that. He's no dummy. He knows we're not going to go sending troops and planes and tanks and all that, so what would you do?
       Now if you were to ask what would be fun to do, strictly in a hypothetical case, I'd love to send troops in unmarked uniforms, along with planes and tanks, all unmarked into Syria. Putin would surely get the idea, although he just might call our bluff by sending his own troops in, because he's a radical. But, ya see, that's the problem. It's easy to find fault with Obama. You can call him weak or unprofessional or aloof or whatever you want depending on the circumstance, but the proof is in the doing. Just what do you do in a situation like this. Russia is arguably still the second most powerful country in the world. And if Russia's leader is willing to be a loose cannon, just what do you do?
       Talking tough doesn't mean much unless you want to be a loose cannon too. The thing is, though, one loose cannon is one too many as it is. Two loose cannons make a war. So the only thing left to do is outfox him. Make it just too costly, economically, to start a war he couldn't win anyway. Heck, nobody could win such a war. All these chicken hawks who love to talk tough, do it because they don't actually have to follow through on all the tough talk. Finding fault with the one who actually has the responsibility is just taking cheap shots. If their positions were reversed, they'd be just as unlikely to be able to make a difference. But it is an election year.
       So, would you like to have us go to war? Because at this point in time, it would be fairly easy to make that happen. Some troop movements in the right, or wrong, direction and pow, right in the kisser. Only there wouldn't be thousands of killed in action, there'd be tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands. Not everybody has to think about those kinds of outcomes, but right now, Obama does.