And how many casualties did the US suffer defeating him?[/quote]
Pri: Ah, yes, the new meme and the new “Obama Doctrine”.
Low-Intensity Conflict taken to a whole new level. “Intervention Lite” as it were. Because, you know, we can use the same model to unseat the Assad regime in Syria, right? Maybe even take out I-Am-A-Dinner-Jacket in Iran. Strategic airpower certainly would’ve worked wonders in Afghanistan (you know, the war that Obama liked).
Except that it didn’t. This was a one-off and although Obama handled it deftly, you’d think from Leftist crowing that he’d won WWII or something. Unfortunately, strategic airpower is extremely limited, which you know, having spent time amongst the ground-pounders during your Army days.
It is funny, though. Those on the Left speak incessantly of the “complexities” facing us in the Arab world and then create a “Doctrine” from a single data point. Leaving as well the question of: What follows? Personally, I don’t the US is gonna like that answer AT ALL.
