“GWB never managed to build a coalition. My guess is that a President Obama will similarly fail.”

If he tries, a President “OH” would not fail to build a coalition on this matter, for as limited as the battle would be, even some effort is better than no effort. It would not be in the interest of anyone to act as the spoiler, except for the extreme elements of the left (no such a thing as a just war) and extreme element of the right (its not any of our business).

That is that is how President Clinton got the Regime Change bill passed into law where if President Bush had attempted a similar thing, prior to 9/11 it would not have passed, just because it would have been President Bush (perhaps any GOP President) who proposed it.

The bigger issue is if the effort of a President “OH” could be shaped to have a real and lasting effect on Terrorism. The strategy as “OH” has laid it out screams “NO”.