President Obama's repeated insistence that action in Syria will not lead to another Iraq or Afghanistan spurs The Onion to another great story: "Obama Assures Americans This Will Not Be Another 1456 Ottoman Siege Of Belgrade."
And a good thing, too, unless we're on the Hungarian rather than the Ottoman side. I'm glad I'm not the only one in this country who knows who John Hunyadi was.
I don't understand why Obama was using the 1456 siege of Belgrade as an example. I can postulate several possibilities to explain it. However, none of them suggests that his mentality is appropriate.
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