Word: ditheringã
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...reasoned and academic—Obama took care to talk out the pros and cons of some of the more publicly discussed scenarios for future American military involvement. This motif hinted at the thoroughness of Obama’s months-long strategy review. Calls of “dithering?? aside, the president rightly seems to have left no stone unturned. He approached the problem not only with an open mind but also with an eye to the longer-term consequences of every potential strategy, both for Afghanistan and the United States...
Leading Republicans, who represent themselves as deficit hawks when opposing Obama’s domestic initiatives, now accuse him of “dithering?? on Afghanistan. This whole episode looks like it will work out extremely well for Republicans. If Obama doubles down, as they want, the best that can be hoped for is an extended and expensive struggle that will be unpopular, especially with the president’s base on the left. If he doesn’t, he, not his predecessor who waged the war so poorly for the last seven years, will...
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