Obama appears to have no stomach for an Israeli attack on Iran.

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"We have no stomach for any further military engagement, " she said.

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The recent quick fade of the Deficit Commission was the latest reminder that America no longer seems to have the stomach for big challenges.

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Western public opinion, it was believed, had no stomach for the sorts of casualties that a ground war would have entailed.

ECONOMIST: One way or another, combat troops are needed to end this war