tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24805633.post415598564778559669..comments2024-03-07T10:48:12.443-05:00Comments on freecounterpoint: Douthat explains the Douhet strategyMr roThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15836243623753244149noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24805633.post-5328193458362793112012-08-07T21:43:40.176-04:002012-08-07T21:43:40.176-04:00Glad to see you finally appreciated my title. Of ...Glad to see you finally appreciated my title. Of course, I should give you (partial) credit for it: it was you who told me about Giulio Douhet developing the strategic bombing strategy. First, I had trouble believing an Italian did that, but hey, stranger things happen. Like, a Romanian named Henri Marie inventing the jet engine.Tecumsehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18315601589942322847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24805633.post-3858253591477278562012-08-07T19:02:11.833-04:002012-08-07T19:02:11.833-04:00Great title, Tecs. Also, you show admirable restra...Great title, Tecs. Also, you show admirable restraint in not including the apt term "douchebag." Pardon my French.Mr roThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15836243623753244149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24805633.post-29824363628568500762012-08-07T18:59:45.073-04:002012-08-07T18:59:45.073-04:00There’s nothing particularly unusual about this ki...<i>There’s nothing particularly unusual about this kind of strategy, and Obama would hardly be the first politician to turn disillusionment to his advantage. Still, it says something about how far we’ve come from “hope and change” that the president’s re-election hopes may depend on making a struggling, disaffected and perpetually-disappointed bloc of American voters even more disaffected than Mr roThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15836243623753244149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24805633.post-52641215453223051772012-08-07T13:24:54.972-04:002012-08-07T13:24:54.972-04:00You doubt Douthat's take? Why? I think it...You doubt Douthat's take? Why? I think it's spot on.Tecumsehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18315601589942322847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24805633.post-41062559446722405492012-08-07T11:46:01.387-04:002012-08-07T11:46:01.387-04:00I doubt that.I doubt that.Mr roThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15836243623753244149noreply@blogger.com