tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post1534148495116185939..comments2024-03-10T13:59:19.230-04:00Comments on xpostfactoid: Obama's permission structuresAndrew Sprunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601269968798865106noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post-9517738760355145422014-01-24T09:26:43.255-05:002014-01-24T09:26:43.255-05:00Another good post. My question: where's the di...Another good post. My question: where's the dividing line between empathy and passive aggression? If empathy is considered by some to be weakness, then isn't passive aggression strength comparable to the power wielded by LBJ? The Syrian civil war, and Obama's (mis)handling of it, is getting a lot of attention, with Obama being harshly criticized by people like Rosen. What everyone is missing is that the potential trigger of a devastating regional sectarian war (Sunnis against the overwhelmingly outnumbered Shiites, outnumbered both in Syria and the middle east) has instead become a war marked by Sunni against Sunni: Sunni conscripts in Assad's army against Sunni rebels and Sunni rebels against Sunni rebels. If this was Obama's strategy for Syria all along, it's an effective strategy if a diabolical strategy. LBJ would be proud.raywardnoreply@blogger.com