Dianne Pfundstein Chamberlain understandably wants to kill the shoddy “credibility” argument with fire:
I found that the real world does not operate in the way that these critics of U.S. inaction seem to think it does. It is foolish for the United States to undertake military action for the primary purpose of reinforcing its reputation. Refraining from acting when U.S. interests are not directly engaged will not diminish America’s “credibility” or its ability to wield power effectively.
Hawks like to use the “credibility” argument to agitate for military action, they use it to denounce “inaction,” and they rely on it most often …read more
Source: The American Conservative
