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Monday, September 8, 2014

The Danger of Taking Sides When There is No Center

Ready, Aim, Fire. Not Fire, Ready, Aim. (Thomas Friedman) from the New York Times
"Representative Mike Rogers, the Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, told “Fox News Sunday” that “this ‘don’t-do-stupid-stuff’ policy isn’t working.” That sounded odd to my ear — like we should just bomb somebody, even if it is stupid. If Obama did that, what would he be ignoring? First, experience. ... When you have a region beset by that many civil wars at once, it means there is no center, only sides. And when you intervene in the middle of a region with no center, you very quickly become a side."

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