I read at a couple of places the king of Jordan has decided to fly bombing missions to approving applause. I do not know if he meant it. I do not know if he is expressing bravado or what. I am hearing that he already has. The fierce reaction seems very ancient, ISIS burning a pilot as due retribution for the Jordanian pilot burning them, burying the pilot in rubble because the pilot buried them in rubble. Literally an eye for an eye ancient type retribution, this is Old Testament stuff and this is the reaction of clans, it is where they are, where we all are when we engage them. And all this reminded me of the stories of ancient kings before Christian sense of modesty was invented, who set off to war publicly displaying an erection assuring the admiring court and witnessing subjects the king has a boner for war and the bigger the better.
The part I found interesting is the braggadocio, [we will pursue the jihadists until we run out of] "fuel and bullets."
Then what, you'll stop and go home? It seemed an odd place to stop. You expect, "until they are annihilated, until they sue for peace, until nothing is left, until the end of time," but until we run out of bullets?
Signaling, it seemed to me, "give us fuel and bullets, equipment and money, and we will fling it."
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