Barack Obama has launched a process familiar in Washington but rare during his own time in office: preparing the population at home and US allies overseas for a new military conflict in the Middle East.
In a series of encounters as ritualistic as they are methodical, the US president is briefing Congress, hosting former national security officials for dinner and rallying friends overseas with late-night phone calls.
As if on cue, a ghost of wars past, Dick Cheney, the former vice-president and Mr Obama’s would-be nemesis on foreign policy, arrived on Capitol Hill yesterday to discuss foreign policy with Republican members of Congress.
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