Any highly speculative, masturbatory 'debate' that's contingent upon a number of non-linear factors and goes in circles by virtue of its lack of focus or concrete resolution. More often than not an excuse for both sides to simply show off esoteric knowledge of a subject without any real interest in getting anywhere. See: 99% of Sports talk radio.
These two clowns on MSNBC were trying to read the tea leaves of Obama's Syria strategy but it soon degenerated into Sports Talk Radio because neither one of them had any new information or insight.
by Adam H Johnson February 22, 2015