Obama bombed the Khorasan Group in Syria. This appears to be the October surprise Beckel was gloating about the other day. The administration is acting like they just won World War II. Democrats like Bob Beckel are dreaming of a massive surge of support for Obama that will save the Democratic Party from the coming 2014 election disaster.

I doubt that Obama will get much opposition with regard to bombing the Khorasans, but he also won’t get much credit.  It is increasingly obvious that Obama is ratcheting up our war effort in the worst possible way.  The plan, if any, is for a sustained air campaign, destined to kill a lot of innocent civilians and create even more incentive for people to hate us in the future.  It is unlikely to end anytime soon and no one is predicting this will actually work.

The military has clearly had it with Obama.  Retired high ranking officers are publicly criticizing Obama. The military has a code of silence and this would not happen unless current military commanders were desperate for help.  Even Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates and former CIA Director and former Secretary of State Leon Panetta have chimed in.  That is unprecedented.  They are all sending a strong message to congress and to the main stream media that this is a serious problem. This is nothing short of a no-confidence vote in Obama as Commander-in-Chief.

If people like Bob Beckel think Americans will rally behind someone who promises nothing other than massive destruction with no hope of victory they are the ones in for an October surprise.

TDM