americans to know where he is going and makes it hard to rally behind him. well look. it does mean a mark of distinction. we are not going guns blazing into battle and preparing for potential attacks but i take the point it s a hard sell xlit c politically. one thing that interested me is there s a partisan split we are seeing in the numbers back to the christian science monitor numbers just coming out. 73% of republicans agree that isis and the gains they re making in iraq right now put americans in a threatened position, potentially even on american soil. but on the other hand, 39% of democrats take that view. a big difference in opinion. rodel, why would this be a partisan issue? listen. i think just starting off, the president s walking a very thin line here. i think he s doing it well between trying to protect u.s. interest and not getting drawn into a long-term conflict in iraq. you know, when dave talks about wars, uses words like timid, you