Obama's strategy: Let the next president deal with it

A couple of days ago, President Obama went over to the Pentagon, gave a little chat, but said very little, as reported by Dana Milbank: Obama did provide the outlines of a comprehensive strategy against the Islamic State. He acknowledged that there can be no solution without a new government in Syria, minus President Bashar al-Assad. He spoke of more support for anti-Islamic State forces. He spoke about the group's threat metastasizing beyond the region.    But he said little about what he'll do, specifically. Here is the short version: Obama does not want to get involved and will do air strikes until he flies home to Chicago in 2017.    The bad news is that Obama's detachment is utterly irresponsible, especially if you agree that ISIS is a threat to the U.S. The good news for President Obama, and most Democrats, is that the country is not interested in any kind of involvement.   So he wins...(Read Full Post)