Comments on: Bushies Considered Bombing In Georgia In 2008 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2010/02/08/bushies-considered-bombing-in-georgia-in-2008/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:30:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Sean D. Martin http://www.oliverwillis.com/2010/02/08/bushies-considered-bombing-in-georgia-in-2008/#comment-202814 Sean D. Martin Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:07:03 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=19221#comment-202814 Yeah, I know. But blue moons, stopped clocks and all that. Yeah, I know.

But blue moons, stopped clocks and all that.

]]> By: Duros62 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2010/02/08/bushies-considered-bombing-in-georgia-in-2008/#comment-202629 Duros62 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:07:13 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=19221#comment-202629 <i>And Jay is right in this instance</I> Hey! And Jay is right in this instance

Hey!

]]> By: Sean D. Martin http://www.oliverwillis.com/2010/02/08/bushies-considered-bombing-in-georgia-in-2008/#comment-202587 Sean D. Martin Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:45:56 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=19221#comment-202587 Just another demonstration of a complete lack of understanding from Farris... Just another demonstration of a complete lack of understanding from Farris…

]]> By: Sean D. Martin http://www.oliverwillis.com/2010/02/08/bushies-considered-bombing-in-georgia-in-2008/#comment-202560 Sean D. Martin Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:28:07 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=19221#comment-202560 And apparently they chose to not go to do something that could provoke a confrontation with Russian troops. Make no mistake, Bush was terrible at foreign policy and most things during his reign. No need to overstate or misrepresent things to find things to rail against him for. And apparently they chose to not go to do something that could provoke a confrontation with Russian troops.

Make no mistake, Bush was terrible at foreign policy and most things during his reign. No need to overstate or misrepresent things to find things to rail against him for.

]]> By: SaveFarris http://www.oliverwillis.com/2010/02/08/bushies-considered-bombing-in-georgia-in-2008/#comment-202559 SaveFarris Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:27:32 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=19221#comment-202559 "With desperate Georgians begging for American help..." Wait, I thought the rest of the world hated us thanks to George W Bush! Just another lie from the Democratics... “With desperate Georgians begging for American help…”

Wait, I thought the rest of the world hated us thanks to George W Bush!

Just another lie from the Democratics…

]]> By: Jaim http://www.oliverwillis.com/2010/02/08/bushies-considered-bombing-in-georgia-in-2008/#comment-202552 Jaim Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:23:05 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=19221#comment-202552 War with Russia when we were already losing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. (Yes, losing, because without a political strategy for an end-game you have already lost.) Fuck the GOP. They can't be trusted to run our government ever again. War with Russia when we were already losing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. (Yes, losing, because without a political strategy for an end-game you have already lost.)

Fuck the GOP. They can’t be trusted to run our government ever again.

]]> By: Sean D. Martin http://www.oliverwillis.com/2010/02/08/bushies-considered-bombing-in-georgia-in-2008/#comment-202539 Sean D. Martin Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:15:26 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=19221#comment-202539 Oh, please, Oliver. Your attempt at characterizing the discussion as "spitballing", as if it was a brainstorming session with all sorts of wacky ideas being thrown around, isn't supported in the article you link to. Nor any indication that the "principals" considered actually taking military action.<blockquote>"There was a discussion of, ‘Should we consider military action to achieve our objectives?’ and the view was that that was not an attractive option,”</blockquote>And Jay is right in this instance. Contingency plans and possible courses of action are, and should be, considered. It is the job of the military leaders and advisers to the President to develop plans for various courses of action. People using box cutters to hijack airplanes and crash them into office buildings. Terrorists stuffing explosives in their shorts. Nope, those ideas are just nutty. No point in anyone spitballing ideas around about what others might attempt to do and what we might do in response. Oh, please, Oliver. Your attempt at characterizing the discussion as “spitballing”, as if it was a brainstorming session with all sorts of wacky ideas being thrown around, isn’t supported in the article you link to. Nor any indication that the “principals” considered actually taking military action.
“There was a discussion of, ‘Should we consider military action to achieve our objectives?’ and the view was that that was not an attractive option,”

And Jay is right in this instance. Contingency plans and possible courses of action are, and should be, considered. It is the job of the military leaders and advisers to the President to develop plans for various courses of action.

People using box cutters to hijack airplanes and crash them into office buildings. Terrorists stuffing explosives in their shorts. Nope, those ideas are just nutty. No point in anyone spitballing ideas around about what others might attempt to do and what we might do in response.

]]> By: durablend http://www.oliverwillis.com/2010/02/08/bushies-considered-bombing-in-georgia-in-2008/#comment-202464 durablend Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:47:03 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=19221#comment-202464 Somebody told Georgie that bombing Atlanta probably wouldn't help the GOP :) Somebody told Georgie that bombing Atlanta probably wouldn’t help the GOP :)

]]> By: Quaker in a Basement http://www.oliverwillis.com/2010/02/08/bushies-considered-bombing-in-georgia-in-2008/#comment-202454 Quaker in a Basement Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:15:40 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=19221#comment-202454 Aw, c'mon, OW! At least they decided <em>not</em> to go to war with Russia. Give 'em a little credit. Aw, c’mon, OW! At least they decided not to go to war with Russia. Give ‘em a little credit.

]]> By: Oliver Willis http://www.oliverwillis.com/2010/02/08/bushies-considered-bombing-in-georgia-in-2008/#comment-202453 Oliver Willis Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:09:00 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=19221#comment-202453 There's contingency plans and there's stupidity. Rational people wouldn't just spitball this kind of nuttiness around. There’s contingency plans and there’s stupidity. Rational people wouldn’t just spitball this kind of nuttiness around.

]]> By: Jay http://www.oliverwillis.com/2010/02/08/bushies-considered-bombing-in-georgia-in-2008/#comment-202448 Jay Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:59:51 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=19221#comment-202448 <b>President George W. Bush and his senior aides considered — and rejected — a military response to Russia’s 2008 invasion of Georgia</b> Big deal. Contingency plans like this are discussed all the time. That's what Presidential administrations/national security/military leaders are tasked with doing Oliver. Good grief, get some perspective will you? President George W. Bush and his senior aides considered — and rejected — a military response to Russia’s 2008 invasion of Georgia

Big deal. Contingency plans like this are discussed all the time. That’s what Presidential administrations/national security/military leaders are tasked with doing Oliver.

Good grief, get some perspective will you?

]]> By: Duros62 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2010/02/08/bushies-considered-bombing-in-georgia-in-2008/#comment-202444 Duros62 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:56:33 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=19221#comment-202444 To be absolutely fair, military contingency plans are always thought about and discussed. But yeah, you're right. To be absolutely fair, military contingency plans are always thought about and discussed.
But yeah, you’re right.

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