Obama says if Assad uses Chemical Weapons, it's a game-changer.
Intel says somebody's used Sarin in Syria.
John McCain immediately hits TV saying we gotta make a move.
There's a lot to it, and I don't claim to know enough to make the definitive call, but remembering that it's never all about what they say it's all about, here's what I hear some of these guys saying:
The Neo-Cons - and the Neo-Liberals too - (for lack of more accurate identifiers) are pushing hard again for another entanglement in the Middle East. And one of the benefits of pushing Obama into a war would be that it suddenly becomes a lot easier to play the Equivalency card.
So it starts to sound like, "See? Obama is no different than Bush or any Repub or anybody else - so you should all just throw up your hands, walk away from politics altogether, and be sure to stay home on election day because it's all just too weird. It's ugly and they're all stupid and you're busy with your own shit anyway. Just stay away."
That's one thing I hear.
Here's Chris Hayes breakin' it down:
And here's the next segment:
Intel says somebody's used Sarin in Syria.
John McCain immediately hits TV saying we gotta make a move.
There's a lot to it, and I don't claim to know enough to make the definitive call, but remembering that it's never all about what they say it's all about, here's what I hear some of these guys saying:
The Neo-Cons - and the Neo-Liberals too - (for lack of more accurate identifiers) are pushing hard again for another entanglement in the Middle East. And one of the benefits of pushing Obama into a war would be that it suddenly becomes a lot easier to play the Equivalency card.
So it starts to sound like, "See? Obama is no different than Bush or any Repub or anybody else - so you should all just throw up your hands, walk away from politics altogether, and be sure to stay home on election day because it's all just too weird. It's ugly and they're all stupid and you're busy with your own shit anyway. Just stay away."
That's one thing I hear.
Here's Chris Hayes breakin' it down:
And here's the next segment:
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