And while we're add it, I recommend against trying to use "efficacious." It makes your otherwise solid post sound like an example in a word-a-day calendar.
What's left for the GOP to attack? Well there's always good old black folks... or 'blacks on welfare'. That's a standard tune from the Repub catalogue that always works well.
@15: The issue there was that Obama was going to get credit for handling the problem quickly and efficiently with a minimum of casualties and expenditure. When a Democrat is in the White House, you'd be surprised how quickly the Republicans can turn into peaceniks and deficit hawks through their incessant naysaying.
If the leaders of our military were patriots they would offer to cut their budgets, or volunteer their resources to shore up the budget holes int the programs that make America worth defending; like public education, health care, and infrastructure. They don't love their country, they love giving our money to contractors that will make them millionaires after they retire from the military.
military = jerbs. what else would "the troops" do? it is, and has always been, our largest welfare program.
Pussy countries like Liechtenstein and Togo. Exert that military imperialism, war profiteers!
Actually, maybe that was the problem. They'll only cheer a war when our troops are dying.