mpose tougher sanctions on Russia, freezing Russian companies entirely out of dollar-denominated transactions, while sending arms and trainers to Kiev."



Then, Obama must commit to keeping troops in Afghanistan forever. No drawdown!



Fourth, " Increase the tempo of airstrikes against ISIS, and send a lot more troops to Iraq and Syria..."



On Iran, Boot waxes nostalgic, advising that Obama end talks and return to the US's " post-1979 role of containing Iranian power and siding with the likes of Israel..." Oh yes, that anti-Israel US foreign policy of late simply must go!



Max Boot is reasonable, however. He does not expect Obama to fulfill his demands all in a day. But he would like a little bit of reassurance:



"A good sign of such a commitment would be launching airstrikes on Iran’s proxy, Bashar al-Assad," he writes.



Another front in the war? Oh...is that all?

mindless cuts" to the Pentagon budget under the sequestration, which are resulting in a "hollow" military.Of course, these "cuts" are not cuts at all, as CATO pointed out a couple of years ago, but rather very slight decreases in the projected increase in military spending. Here is a handy chart to demonstrate the point.Second, according to Boot, once military spending is fully ramped up, Obama must set out to provoke a war with nuclear-armed Russia -- because, hey, why not go in big?Recommends Boot: "I