In the Fight Against ISIL, Going Beyond Either/Or

[DemocratsForProgress]

Walter Rhett: In the Fight Against ISIL, Going Beyond Either/Or

A big part of the American legacy is to reduce things to a simple either/or. It creates the illusion of being willing to make tough choices, of moving forward with decisive shows of strength while leaving piddling details unexamined.

Often this preferred way turns out be a stumbling block; America trips over details and consequences patience would have allowed the nation to foresee. Barack Obama’s mighty effort to restore the nation to the security and values of patience has been met at every turn with resistance that insists on immediate either/ors. But his patience is not incompetence, as America is soon to find out in the fight against ISIL.

Rush in, says John McCain. Despite being the Senate’s senior war hawk, his state’s Republican Party voted last January to censure their senior Senator for a voting record insufficiently conservative. Send troops, “think of an American city in flames,” Lindsey Graham cries. The terrorists have already occupied space in his mind.

But the criticisms of the President continue, this time from sources who attended a recent off-the-record press meeting and a White House invitational dinner. At both, the President reportedly said he would not rush to war. He would be deliberate. “I do not make apologies for being careful in these areas, even if it doesn’t make for good theater,” sources quote him as saying...

More at: http://www.democratsforprogress.com/2014/09/17/in-the-fight-against-isil-going-beyond-eitheror/

[gwheezie]

1. I'm glad he's president

The alternative in 08&12 would have been a disaster.

[NYC_SKP]

2. Recommended. (nt)

[FlatStanley]

3. The beauty of drones.

Even so called Democrats think it's not war.