flypaper?

andrew sullivan says it best:

Continued conflict in Iraq, in other words, needn't always be bad news. It may be a sign that we are drawing the terrorists out of the woodwork and tackling them in the open.

making shit up has got to be fun...

flypaper doesn't seem to be a deliberate strategy afterall. rather, it's a consequence we aren't/weren't prepared to deal with (imagine that).

"flypaper" may not be the most accurate anology here. perhaps "spider web" would be more appropriate...we jumped into a situation we didn't really plan for and now we can't quite figure a way out... we're trapped. no plan. no money. no international support. no way to save face.

the thing about a web is that the more you try and fight your way out (by bombing syria or iran or whatever), the more tangled you become.

shux :: deanforamerica