John Kirby: ‘D-Day Vernacular Means That’s the Day You Start an Operation’ — But ‘Nothing Started Today’

RUSH EXCERPT:

KIRBY: "Well, it’s not going to work on a number of levels. I think they’re using the D-day branding as sort of to sound muscular. But of course, as you know, in military language, D-day vernacular means that’s the day you start an operation that nothing started today. It was really just a threat to maybe put in international sanctions going forward. But the history does not bode well for the idea of trying to bring a war to an end just through sanctions. There’s only one example back in the 90s with bosnia, where sanctions, UN sanctions, by the way, not just U.S. sanctions, actually helped get milosevic back to the table, but it also took additional bombing to. So there’s not a good track record here. And these weren’t sanctions that were announced. The other thing about it is it only works if you have partners. You talked about D-day in our allies in your opening. And you’re right, we had a dozen allies hitting those beaches with us.”