Foreign Policy
I was watching the (R) debate. In one way or another they all want to go to war with ISIS. Some need a coalition. Some want more boots on the ground. Some don't really want to talk much about boots on the ground. Most also want to work behind the scenes (with or without other overt action) and get in bed financing and supplying the enemies of the enemy (ISIS). Now one of the major ISIS enemies is al-Qaeda. For some reason many of those candidates seem reluctant to talk much about that fact.
What I can't help thinking is that maybe foreign policy needs to move away from the idea that becoming best buddies with an enemy of an enemy always or usually or, maybe, EVER is a good idea... or at least solely for that reason... or maybe develop some objective criteria for forming alliance, especially a temporary alliance.
Maybe foreign policy officials could realize that in general a "temporary" alliance might not be the best idea.
