Too late

It is becoming obvious that we will either deal with the terrorist in Iraq now or later and now seems the preferred time. When President Obama talked about intervening in Syria he used the phrase no American boots on the ground and later we had CIA spotters there. This time he is saying no troops on the ground and this allows for intelligence gathering without using troops. These spotters are necessary if any air strikes are planned but they will have to infiltrate the terrorist areas to get good intelligence. They are trained to do this. As of now Obama is following his normal procedure of waiting to see what happens. The waiting in Syria worsened this situation that has now spilled over into Iraq. General Eisenhower said that every battle that was lost can be explained in two words. Too late! The President seems to think that things will get better with time but if they don’t it makes any action more difficult.