Mark: I’m sorry to say you’re behind the curve. “Kinetic military action” is out and “a time-limited, scope-limited military action” is in.
What was it Robert E. Lee said, “It is well that a time-limited, scope limited military action is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it.”
Goerge Patton: "Your job is not to run into the time or scope limits of your country, but to make the other poor dumb sonofab*tch run into the time and scope limits of his."
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseJohn Paul Jones: "I have not yet begun to begin my time-limited, scope-limited military action"
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseBasil Fawlty: "Whatever you do, don't mention the time-limited, scope-limited military action. I mentioned it once, but I think I got away with it"
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseWhen retrograde Libyan forces attack retrograde Rebels, it's called "slaughter". When American air power slaughters Libyan forces for the Rebels, it's called "protection".
The Pentagon should call a spade a spade. Slaughter is slaughter even from an antiseptic 10 miles off-shore or 10,000 feet.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseMaybe Obama is looking through the wrong end of his scope.
Reply to this commentLinkReport Abuse"Time-limited, scope limited military action is hell. So let's scorch the earth instead for as long as it takes." -- William Tecumseh Sherman
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseWest Point has since dropped plans to offer a degree in Martial Kinesiology. In related developments, "man-caused disaster" has been abandoned in favor of the more gender-neutral "human-caused disaster." Recent decisions by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, US Permanent Representative to the United Nations Susan Rice, and Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano have shown that women possess abilities to cause disasters on par with those of men.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseSherman: "Time-limited, scope-limited military action is hell."
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseA time-limited, scope-limited cerebral event is when Tom Friedman thinks.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseKarl von Clausewitz: "A time-limited, scope-limited military action is merely the continuation of politics by other means."
William Tecumseh Sherman: "A time-limited, scope-limited military action is hell."
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseJohn Belushi:
"Over, did you say over. It's not over til we say it's over. Was it over when the germans use time limited, scope limited military action on Pearl harbor?"
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbusePlato: "Only the dead have seen the end of time-limited, scope-limited military actions."
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseShakespeare: Cry, 'Havoc!' and let slip the dogs of time-limited, scope-limited military action.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseDid the White House seriously believe they wouldn't be made fun of for such transparent, contorted obtuseness? Perhaps, this is what they meant by transparency...
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseYou may not be interested in time-limited, scope-limited military action, but time-limited, scope-limited military action is interested in you!
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseTime-limited, scope-limited military action, good God, what is it good for? Absolutely nothin'!
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseEdwin Starr:
Reply to this commentLinkReport Abuse"I said - Time-limited, scope-limited military action! Huh Good God y'all
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing
Say it again"
Edwin Starr: "Time-Limited, Scope-Limited Military Action (What Is It Good For?)"
From his album: Time-Limited, Scope-Limited Military Action & Peace
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThis reminds me of that great Edwin Starr song from the late 60s "Time-limited, scope-limited military action (What is it good for?):
"Time-limited, scope-limited military action... Huh... Good God y'all!
What it is good for?
Absolutely nothing!
Say it again
(Time-limited, scope-limited military action... Huh!) Lord, Lord, Lord...
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing!
Listen to me:
(Time-limited, scope-limited military action) It ain't nothing but a heartbreaker
Reply to this commentLinkReport Abuse(Time-limited, scope-limited military action) Friend only to the undertaker
Time-limited, scope-limited military action is the enemy of all mankind
The thought of time-limited, scope-limited military action blows my mind
Time-limited, scope-limited military action has caused unrest within the younger generations
Induction then destruction
Who wants to die?"
bpbatista and xgaiijin,
Beat me by three minutes!
Bugs Bunny: "Of course you realize, this means time-limited, scope-limited military action."
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