A CNN/ORC poll just released finds that while only 38 percent of Americans favor sending U.S. ground troops into Iraq or Syria, an astounding 75 percent believe it is "somewhat" or "very likely" that the U.S. will "eventually" do just that.
I'm one of them. The war hawks have become relentless; their fearmongering now rivals that of their monitory screeching about Saddam Hussein; our terrestrial allies are either absent or fleeing; our Syrian allies have yet to be deployed--indeed, that development is about a year away; airstrikes can only do so much; and since our mission is a multiyear commitment, the odds of a downed U.S. pilot or captured forward observer crouching in Middle East sand--on video tape, in every American living room--are astronomically high.
Then what?