It wouldn't suprise me to learn the Obama administration downplayed ISIS purposefully. Nothing builds a coalition like a common enemy, and apart from some disag

It wouldn't suprise me to learn the Obama administration downplayed ISIS purposefully. Nothing builds a coalition like a common enemy, and apart from some disagreements over targeting, the key players (Iran, Russia, Europe, Turkey) are coordinating efforts to destroy ISIS. Economic necesssity requires the US defense establishment to downsize, and after decades of costly wars in the middle east, there really is no option but to let others lead this fight. I suspect the administration is now rebuilding and retooling for high intensity conflict, and that Syria/ISIS is a distraction the US doesn't need but a conflict that requires regional actors to form a coalition. To which: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-22/russia-calls-for-un-brokered-moves-in-fighting-terror-ifx-says http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-22/russia-cal...