This from today's NY Times:
"Obama Allows Limited Air Strikes on ISIS"
President Obama announced that he had authorized targeted American airstrikes against militants in Iraq, scrambling to avert the fall of the Kurdish capital. He also said that U.S. aircraft has dropped aid for tens of thousands of Iraqis trapped on a mountain.
Obama, With Reluctance, Returns to Action in Iraq
By PETER BAKER
After months of resisting sending Americans to fight ISIS, President Obama on Thursday night found himself exactly where he did not want to be.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Earlier this week, one Iraqi cried that there is no one coming to help. Well, today America is coming to help."
PRESIDENT OBAMA, announcing airdrops of food and water to Iraqis besieged on a mountain in northern Iraq, and authorizing military force if necessary to repel advances by militants.
The problem of whether Obama will act or not seems to have been settled.