Analysis: US plunges reluctantly, but definitively, into Syria
After years of fear and hesitating, Obama's National Security Council determines the US has no other choice than to fight Islamic State on its home turf.
President Barack Obama walks through the Cross Hall of the White House, Aug. 8, 2013(photo credit: OFFICIAL WHITE HOUSE PHOTO BY PETE SOUZA)ByMICHAEL WILNER