You know, I've never got what people such as yourself on the right says that the left "doesn't have the balls to do what it takes." The fact of the matter is that Obama has bombed more countries than Bush (
Lizza says Obama has bombed more nations than Bush) and the number of drone strikes have skyrocketed under administration. The following graph ONLY takes into account his first term, and even still, Obama during his first term committed six times as many drone strikes than Bush in Pakistan:
Just what do you think that he doesn't have the "balls" to do at this point if he's willing to go that far?
In all seriousness, what other options are there? Obama at least attempted a new strategy in Yemen with what he called "strategic patience" and look where that ended
up. At this point, the only think we haven't tried is to withdraw from the area and pray they leave us alone... Oh wait, we tried that
too? Say what you will about whether or not we should of invaded Iraq in the first place. But at least when we left that country in 2010 I suppose, the violence had returned to pre-war levels and there was a functioning unity government. Those two things I'll count as success every day of the week.
In truth, the worse thing we can do is to either ignore the problem or try and downplay it as Obama has been doing this week. We know where both those roads lead.
I'm curious, do you lump organizations like Hezbollah and Hamas with the likes of ISIS? It's true that all three will target civilian populations indiscriminately, but what about their motives? Do you see a difference? Or would they just be another place where "we need to fight"?