As the United States pivots back to the Middle East—in belated recognition that its enemies never pivoted from their intention to establish a territorial expression of radical Islamism—President Obama is more likely to change his policy than to change his rhetoric. We are more likely, in other words, to see “boots on the ground” in Iraq (already more than 1,000 troops are in supportive roles) than we are to hear an admission that the administration’s foreign policy approach has shifted
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