Kerry’s “Munich Moment” and Other Historical Fallacies

“If the U.S. bombs Syria it will not stop Assad.  It will at most wound him.  And a wounded dictator can be more dangerous than one who is intact.  If this is a Munich moment it means that Kerry is not contemplating giving Assad a bloody nose, but rather a battle to the death to topple his regime.  After all, what followed Munich was not a bloody nose, but all-out war.  That’s why Kerry’s historical analogy is grossly inapt, unless of course Obama intends regime change.  Leaders always get tripped up in demonizing the enemy, in overstating the righteousness of their cause.  The result is that when the battle turns ugly and your side falls short, that your original words come back to haunt.”

http://www.richardsilverstein.com/2013/09/02/kerrys-munich-moment-and-other-historical-fallacies/

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