Gilman earned his nickname by braying loudly for intervention in Kosovo, with a decibel level second only to John McCain's. But this scenario is missing the basic scenery of the cold war, the painted backdrop of the Soviet bloc looming in the distance. If the limits of US military involvement are not spelled out clearly at the outset, the risk is great that significant numbers of US soldiers could be sucked by default into the quagmire. It is especially unconvincing to conservatives disgusted by a culture they liken to the last decadent days of the Roman empire. I doubt even the fabled soccer moms are dizzy enough to swallow such drivel, no matter what the focus groups say.
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