“Walk Loudly and Carry a . . . Feather Boa?!?”

The Advantage(s) of an Obstructionist Minority

Personally, I’m ambivalent about whether the U.S. should intervene militarily in Syria in the wake of the Assad regime’s gassing its own people.

But, I think it’s a big mistake to say you’ll intervene . . . and then not do it.

Or leave it up to an obstructionist, partisan (and paralyzed) Congress — essentially the same thing.

Whatever you think about foreign policy, Teddy Roosevelt’s “walk softly and carry a big stick” makes a lot more sense than . . . the opposite.

See also, “President Obama: ‘I Don’t Bluff'”; “2011 Man of the Year:  Teddy Roosevelt.”