Thoreau72
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The results and results matter. You wage a war to win it, not to just keep the status quo. There isn't a golf course or fund raiser that he doesn't like and therein lies part of the problem. He lacks leadership skills and even after 6 years experience to handle the job
Waging a war to win it is very old-fashioned, circa 1945, back when US wars were declared in accordance with the requirements of the US Constitution.
Since about the Vietnam era, wars are waged to benefit what Ike called the Military Industrial Complex.
As U2 put it so well, gold is the reason for the wars we wage. Obama does very much lack leadership skills, but that is really beside the point. Barack does not rock the boat--he does as he is told, whether the mission is military or simply an assault on the principles of the document he is sworn to uphold.