Nutjobs Ranting About Politics.

[The Larry Davis Experience]

Originally posted by Say_hello_for_me
As you seem to acknowledge, the law ultimately devolves into the law of the gun. If you harbor terrorists, it may be considered an act of war. So don't harbor terrorists if you want to avoid a war. In the case of Russia and Dubai, I'm not suggesting that Russia is right merely based on the legal logic of the Bush Doctrine. I'm suggesting that Russia is right (also) based on the fact that they can kick Dubai's ass.

We agree. Sorry, I guess I should have been clearer that my response was more of a spitball on the logic of the doctrine, not necessarily the specific whys and wherefores of the Russia situation.

At the same time, I think the Bush administration might find it in their interest to put a leash on independent anti-Iran forces that can be controlled on U.S.-controlled territory.

Why? They certainly haven't done this.

In fact, I think we could argue that we are tolerating the anti-Iran forces as a proxy for us in an undeclared war, based on Iran sheltering Al Quaida operatives from our wrath. If Iran wants to increase the noise on this issue, they are more than welcome. Something tells me they won't though.

This seems more like the admin's CW than previous quote. Not without its logic. btw, Iran did make a good bit of noise on this issue back when it happened, but unsurprisingly our attention was elsewhere.

Still, Dubai should back out of hostile activities against another nation that can kick its ass within the realm of the Bush doctrine. The immediately preceding sentence is probably a good summary of my answer to your "why".

My point was only that in some ways that summary sentence would work better if you deleted the words following "ass". And I think that's only partially because I dislike reading the words "Bush Doctrine" referring to anything besides "making sure to chew pretzels fully before swallowing."