The Fog of War

What are we thinking about, has the State Department not herd of “the Fog of War?” All thing being equal a veto of a UN move to censure Israel would gain little attention. Today however things are spinning out of control. The dark side (If I can be sure which is the dark side) grows bolder. The war spreads to Lebanon, Beirut and where else. If we make even one move now that further commits our military, major antagonists will claim their own small, close by conquests of acquisition: Taiwan, South Korea, Afghanistan, Somalia or where else?

Not a good time to fan the flames by a defiant veto, regardless of who is right, fight battles that you will win. Otherwise let others fight them. One can tell the generals have little or nothing to do with our strategy. There is presently no discernable military strategy in evidence. Like a hunting accident, we know not where we shoot. The crazy civilian neocons seem in control; the Comander and Chief and the Generals, not.

Oil and gold are up; the market is down. The market knows where we are going. A bold defiant move just now might get us WWIII. It is the fog of war, an inflection point, a time when events overtake the capacity for rational response; suddenly we are in it, just where we did not want to go.

Can we but hope for the fog to lift or that military strategy, if not diplomicy, prevails. “I won’t veto your’s if you don’t veto mine.” Then if they do not reciprocate, you can diddle around and point your finger asking, “How can I trust you Gregori?” Ah diplomacy, but let others fight the war.