I think the word and concept of denial is at play here, along with rationalization and stubbornness in adhering to some sort of warped Western way of thinking. "Fair play" and all that crap.
In other words, he has all manner of people telling him all kinds of things. I can't help but believe he's getting good analysis from SOMEBODY who has a freakin' clue.
He chooses the path he follows because of the self-indoctrination he's put himself through, probably also with a healthy dose of medicine that he's been spoon-fed along the way - you know, like from William Ayers and Rashid Khalidi.
Let's not forget that the socialist liberal agenda contains lots of "feel-good" and "we owe it to our children to rise above the fray" nonsense.
For The Zero, strength is attained through dialog. Not firepower.
This attitude persists, despite what he's being told.
Clearly, there's some element of denial. And his imagination that he has some "mandate" to do what he's doing.
And,yes, his Marxist, anti-American, whatever indoctrination.
And his belief that with his mellifluous voice and hypnotic spells, and desire to have everyone like him, he can b***s*** himself out of anything.
And, I grant you, perhaps somewhere, someone around him must be pulling out his/her hair, watching this happen because that person has clue or at least more than Obama and every other adviser and soothsayer around Obama.
But, please, somewhere, someone on his staff or amongst his puppeteers needs to have an intense up-close-and-personal conversation with him, regarding the utter folly and danger of what hie's doing.
And that person or persons had better be the ones about which he knows he cannot cross, because they helped install him.
Ones who understand that "fair play" has no meaning to the Islamofascists or other terrorists.
Ones who understand how very gravely Obama is moving to endanger the security of America.
They all may hate America. But it's no good to them if its in shambles because Obama's megalomania invited attacks, perhaps with non-conventional weapons such as CBW and/or nuclear devices.
Or maybe that's what they seek.