It is not what our next president will do to treat the cancer that is ISIS; It is what she or he plans to do to identify and eradicate the cause and steady growth of that cancer.
By appointing Rob Malley to the ISIS job, President Obama has at least hinted that he knows what needs to be done.
The question looms in today's increasingly dark political climate, can Obama make any progress in his final months in office?
In the closing scene of John Osborne's 1961 play, Luther, with Albert Finney in the title role , the Protestant reformer asks a similar question to his new-born son.
Luther answers himself in a response that fits our current moment:
"Let's hope so, let's just hope so."
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