President Obama is a cautious man made more cautious by the constraints imposed on him by the gridlocked American political system. In dealing with Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (Isis), he has so far proceeded step by small step. He has justified the air strikes he has ordered largely on humanitarian grounds, and sent military supplies to the Kurds and, particularly, to the Baghdad government in quantities related to their capacity and willingness to make proper use of them.
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