Expecting a POTUS Retaliation To Distract From Benghazi

XngZeRubicon · 10-15-2012, 21:00

Does anyone else here have the gut feeling I do that the President will undertake some sort of military operation in the Middle East, regardless of how small, as a distraction to the current spiral he's in with Benghazi?

This President is so unapologetically political - IMO at least - whether it's use of the military or manipulating the economic numbers (last Thursday the BLS failed to count California in the weekly jobless claims and the drop to 7.8% the week before is still being questioned) and to me it would be very much consistent for his political team to plan.

For example, when all the whispering during his State of the Union this year occurred- which turned out to be the special forces rescue of Somalia aid workers - I couldn't help but not trust the timing of it. Or the way it was coyly played. Just as I believe his timeline for Afghanistan was a result of political planning, not solid military planning.

Can't help but cynically anticipate this as the October surprise for his campaign. The Benghazi story is really picking up steam this week and I think they are desperate with a capital D.

XngZeRubicon · 10-15-2012, 21:02

And sorry about the mispelling in the title. I don't think there's a way to edit it.

**Box** · 10-16-2012, 03:24

The last four years has been like the movie "Wag the Dog"
...why should the next three weeks be any different.

Life often imitates art.

Richard · 10-16-2012, 07:01

Retaliate against who and how? There is no easy RED FLAG target range there anymore like in RRs time. I view it as more an internal DOS FUBAR of a situation which was criminally mismanaged in a recognizably unstable environment.

Richard

JimP · 10-16-2012, 07:14

Richard - they'll be an intel "leak" purporting to be "actionable intelligence" and we'll launch a few JDAMS into the desert and claim Hasni Iwannabombusall has met "justice". Details will be few until (wait for it...wait for it....): AFTER THE ELECTION.

"Barrack Hussein Obama (Blessed be his name) hmmmmm...hmmmmm..hhhhmmmmm."

Ret10Echo · 10-16-2012, 09:08

Large explosions...night vision video... show of force just in time for the prime time news November 5th???