Charles Krauthammer: Obama, Military ‘Making it Up as They Go Along’

Krauthammer’s Take: Obama, Military ‘Making It Up as They Go Along’ (National Review Online)

With the president and his military leaders differing on the subject of ground troops, Charles Krauthammer says the likeliest explanation is that the Obama administration is “making it up as they go along.”

“That does not inspire confidence,” he said.

At a Senate hearing on Tuesday, Joint Chiefs chairman General Martin Dempsey suggested that American ground troops may have to engage in combat against the Islamic State — this after President Obama’s repeated assurances that there will be no American “boots on the ground.” On Special Report, Krauthammer proposed three possibilities for the apparent contradictions.