I thought Donald Rumsfeld had been dumped from the shelves long ago for there is no bloated stuffed shirt more worthy of  being removed from our eyesight and consciousness than Rumsfeld--- architect of our unfortunate military intervention in Iraq.   

Rumsfeld blew his lid on Fox two days ago when it was revealed to him that Obama had just said at a press conference that he, Obama, didn't draw the red line---an admittedly poorly orchestrated remark by Obama in explaining the role of the Presidency in relation to a batch of bad product that, taken as a lot, is the Syrian civil war.

Later on, at CNN, Rumsfeld blurted and bumbled about that disgraceful occupant of the White House. Unmistakable is the image congruence of Rumsfeld blabbing and the carton of Chobani peach yogurt multiplying like expansion foam in my trash can.    

The Pentagon should investigate this Chobani phenomenon. No way will I allow this trash can on my property overnight. I'm going to lay it off in a Kroger's dumpster down the street as it is mostly their responsibility and there is no telling how this mess might spill over in ways I cannot anticipate.

Speaking of trash, no one can trash-talk the President more vociferously than Rumsfeld---especially in the catch-all accusation of "leading from behind". Leaving aside the possible contradictory nature of Rumsfeld's remarks, and the fact that his mind may have bifurcated, and assuming that at least part of his brain is sane, there may have been a purpose to Rumsfeld's rants and oozings---which were more raspberry than the vanilla criticisms of other Neocons who obviously don't want to im-peach Obama while there is still a chance he will fulfill their desire for a major intervention in Syria.

Perhaps the aim ("purpose" is too strong a word) of Rumsfeld's trash talk was to get Democrats' backs up while encouraging rabid Republican Presidential hopefuls to follow suit and further enervate their innards to the point where they are not viable in the next general election.

As a possible result then, a sensible white Republican like Christie can be elected in 2016 and the country can get back to reasonable domestic and international decision making---including starting wars without all this fuss. 

In the meantime Democrats will perhaps remember that they truly do not want to hand the likes of Rumsfeld & Co. a victory over their president and will vote for a military strike, or some measure, to show that the country has a back bone of sorts.

I think Obama will intervene in Syria in a significant way---an option with which I agree. Though I hope he will intervene in a smart way---in a way that signals to Iran that we are indeed smart, as well as resolved to enforce our red line there. 

Someone has mentioned setting up a safe zone inside Syria and I don't know how to do that with bombs and missiles. But there must be some good creative options other than "punishing" the Syrian dynasty. As one option, I'll report later about the possibility of dropping exploding cartons of Chobani Greek yogurt on Syria---after I examine the chemical experiment taking place overnight in the Kroger's dumpster.