But he opted for a humbler, more pragmatic path.
He took the pragmatic path of becoming an envoy for the Gadigal of Sydney to the invaders.
So the pragmatic path for Washington is to remain open to diplomacy, backed by the coercive pressure of sanctions, to establish limits on their nuclear programs.
Mr. Vázquez pursued a pragmatic path of reforms with socialist and market-friendly elements that lowered unemployment and poverty while generating confidence among investors.
The duo look set to tread a pragmatic path, and supporters said the bloc needed to walk before it could run on the international stage.
Broad Front quelled the fears of Uruguayans and foreign investors by charting a pragmatic path closer to those followed by the governments in Brazil, Chile and Peru, than to those of Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador, which nationalized industries and made conditions less favorable for foreign investors.
Mr. Karamanlis, 43, espoused the same pragmatic path taken by his rival -- fiscal restraint to meet European prerequisites for inclusion in the European currency, the Euro, and rapprochement with Greece's historic enemy, Turkey.
The pragmatic path forward does not lie in simply mixing two ideologies together and then dividing them in half; it lies in paying attention to the evidence of what makes societies more peaceful and more prosperous and what does not.
And there is a pragmatic path that does not require us to make massive investments of time and effort and wait long periods of time to reap the rewards.
Over all, Obama's choices reflect his longstanding pattern of charting a pragmatic path reflecting the need for strong regulation, including of greenhouse gases (embodied in McCarthy), and the simultaneous need to advance responsible use of cleaner fossil fuels while also using policies and investments to advance non-polluting energy technologies for the long haul.
