“Wheream I controversial? When it comes to the use of military power,” hesaid. “That is the source of the controversy. There’s a playbook inWashington that presidents are supposed to follow. It’s a playbook thatcomes out of the foreign-policy establishment. And the playbookprescribes responses to different events, and these responses tend to bemilitarized responses. Where America is directly threatened, theplaybook works. But the playbook can also be a trap that can lead to baddecisions. In the midst of an international challenge like Syria, youget judged harshly if you don’t follow the playbook, even if there aregood reasons why it does not apply.”