Today on MEET THE PRESS, Jennifer Rubin of the Washington Post captured in a short paragraph a feeling that is persuasive .....a discussion about the attack in Paris and on terrorism took place and there were interviews including one with Ben Rhodes of the ADMIN.....Ms Rubin said this...

"I think what we see here and what Michael delicately alluded to is a complete divorce between what is necessary and what the president and the administration is willing to do. They have this vision that they are ending wars. They are not ending wars. They have a vision that they'll do a light footprint, that they'll let the countries in the region handle it.

That is false. And what we see now is this imbalance between what we will need, which I do believe will include a significant American force, and what they are willing to do. What is telling is the person that they put out to talk to the shows this morning was Ben Rhodes. An administration White House official, not a national security person, not someone respected in the national community, or in the international community, they are fighting a political PR battle, not a national security battle."

Meet the Press - November 15, 2015 - NBC News

A pretty good summary in my opinion.

I underlined and put in italic the points I think are important.

The reluctance by the President and last night hearing the other democrats agree, to call Islamics that are radical....radical islamists is a bit confusing to me and tells me she may be correct. To the WH, this is a political PR war only.