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“the worst argument for a syria strike is the one everybody’s making: look, if the president draws a red line and there are no consequences, he looks feckless, etc; american credibility is at stake around the world. that’s just macho super-power bullshit. if it’s a terrible idea to do it, or it is liable to have disastrous results, or there’s no clear reason to do it, and you do it anyway because of some shit you talked last year, you are really not making policy on a reasonable basis. ” – Crispin Sartwell http://eyeofthestorm.blogs.com/eye_of_the_storm/2013/09/incredible-credibility.html