Petraeus Says Ground Forces Necessary to Defeat Islamic State

[karynnj]

14. Petraeus is not in the US government, not key on defining this mission and is not speaking for Obama

It would be nice if you at least waited for Obama to change the mission he laid out clearly for the world at the UN on Wednesday.

It is possible that this could end up being a turning point - for the world and for US foreign policy. It would be ironic if some of the last people to see any possibility of change are some people who - in theory - would have welcomed much of what Obama (and Kerry) have said of the important non-military pieces here. Change will be difficult and there are powerful forces , that you could quickly list, against a change. It would be nice if people wanting it, even tentatively or conditionally welcomed it - rather than falling victim to cynicism and joining the people they like least in arguing Obama is wrong. (Note that both the NYT and WP have had editorials arguing against Obama's plan and (indirectly) for the neocon recommended actions.)