core interests are so as we move forward, we get a sense of how our preparedness is going to fit. did i offer a less polite analysis? it was a waste of everyone s time. there was no new policy really sdusd. the president talked a lot about platitud platitudes. when you actually break down what the purpose of this was, i can t really find it. he s basically saying he was wrong on syria. he s saying we re going to help doubter terrorism operations around the world. we re already doing that. they don t want to talk about the deplorable conditions we see at the va. a long, long time after the president s red line on chemical weapons was crossed, is it too