re: #14 ObserverArt

he has an election to win

I think you forgot a sentence. I added it in italics.

Why not, it worked for his brother…..?

Anyway, I’m sure that Jeb!’s braintrust see all the chest-thumping war talk as a win-win: Whatever the result, they can blame Obama for any outcome. No war: they can dump on him as a weak “leader”; and even if he sent enough “boots on the ground”; if he doesn’t vanquish ISIL in two weeks with no casualties, they can carp about that…