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OBAMA’S GO SLOW APPROACH ON ISIS MAY DOOM DEMS
President Obama is seeking to stretch the timeline for victory over Islamist militants who are building a terror state in the remnants of Iraq and Syria. It will take years, he says, and likely go beyond his term in office before the victory is complete. It’s no wonder, given that bridging the 1,377-year feud that his riven Islam since the death of its founder is a precondition for progress, according to the White House. Starting any process with first getting the Saudis and Iranians in agreement sounds like a long haul, indeed. Stretching out a timeline that far pretty well guarantees success since the sun will eventually implode. Last night, Obama dined with the cream of the national security think-tank crop at the White House and today he will share his new thoughts on his month-old air campaign in Iraq with the four senior members of Congress. Not for authorization but for something called “buy in,” which sounds more like something from a magazine article on management techniques than, say, the Constitution. What the president clearly doesn’t want is legal authorization for swift, aggressive action.
[John Bolton writes: “The United Nations at 70: How to fix a broken organization”]
We can’t wait – But the problem for the president and his party is: Swift, aggressive action is exactly what Americans seem desperately to want. While there’s no appetite for further increasing the number of boots on the ground beyond the more than 1,200 troops the president has already deployed, there is a strong desire for a show of strength beyond the five-a-day defensive airstrikes the resident has ordered. The a new WaPo/ABC News poll where four in ten say the president is “too cautious” when it comes to foreign policy, the president will be working hard Wednesday, when he addresses the nation on ISIS, to combat the 57 percent that say he is not a strong leader. Even worse for vulnerable Democrats, already feeling the weight of his unpopularity, over half of respondents believe Obama’s presidency has been a failure. The president would like to step back and regard the arc of history bending toward justice and reconciliation. His party, however, has 56 days before it will be out on its arc.
