Melissa Harris Perry posed a very interesting question: Who are the exact people who advise the

[mfcorey1]

President that we need to proceed with engaging ISIL? He has to formulate his actions from some kind of information. How intense is the information that the talking heads have no access to that decides his actions? The media and analysts always spout about what should and should not be done but they have no access. Just wondering.

[TwilightGardener]

1. Well, Susan Rice, for one. The rest of his cabinet, the NSC, his counterterrorism

officials. I think the Obama administration is just more secretive in terms of their decision process, maybe. It's hard to figure out who has his ear the most.

[elehhhhna]

3. Goldman Sachs, duh. His owner.

[jwirr]

2. And it is not just with war. Who talks to him about economics? The trade agreements? I remember

knowing a lot more about these things with JFK.

[elehhhhna]

4. LArry Fucking SUmmers for one.

[liberal_at_heart]

5. K&R

Good damn question.

[TheNutcracker]

6. Well an intel briefing posted here on DU said NO IMMEDIATE THREAT TO THE U.S. go figure....

[TheNutcracker]

8. Here is the link from 2 days ago posted here, there is no immediate threat here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025520587

[Laelth]

7. I don't know to which people the President is listening.

Plenty of people are ready and willing to give him advice, however. Here's what they might be saying.

-Laelth

[hifiguy]

9. At those levels, it is exclusively

people who do not have the best interests of the American people, as opposed to corporations, at heart. The entire system is corrupt from top to bottom because Fascist Corporate America owns 90+% of all national-level politicians.