Thomas L. Friedman: Why the U.S. can’t intervene to destroy ISIS — yet

"...U.S. President Barack Obama has been excoriated for declaring that “we don’t have a strategy yet” for effectively confronting the Islamic State in Iraq and Al-Sham, or ISIS. In criticizing Obama for taking too much time, Congressman Mike Rogers, the Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, told Fox News Sunday that, “this ‘don’t-do-stupid-stuff’ policy isn’t working.” That sounded odd to my ear — like we should just bomb somebody, even if it is stupid. If Obama did that, what would he be ignoring?..."

http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2014/09/08/thomas-l-friedman-why-the-u-s-cant-intervene-to-destroy-isis-yet/