[Cannoneer No. 4]

Power is only as great as the perception of power.

The Iranians have exposed America's strongest ally as the soft underbelly of the Great Satan.

But it seems to me a more profound malaise has gripped them -- the enervating fatalism of too many people in what is still a semi-serious nation with one of the world's biggest militaries up against an insignificant basket case.

Take away the confidence, and the ships and men and money avail you nought.

In the end, every great power is as great as its credibility,

Enervating fatalism is what happens to your domestic target audience when you fail to conduct strategic counter propaganda.

Happy Blogoversary!

[Chgogal]

“Watching Tottenham Hotspur fans taking on the Spanish constabulary at a European soccer match the other night, I found myself idly speculating on what might have happened had those Iranian kidnappers made the mistake of seizing 15 hard-boiled football yobs who hadn’t got the Blair memo about not escalating the situation.”

LOL, ain’t THAT the truth?

Seriously, the thought of sinking every Iranian ship simultaneously crossed my mind. How would you have like that Cannoneer? You would have been stuck right in the thick of things dealing with the aftermath of my temper tantrum.