He described an initial reluctance to commit the Army and stated that planning had been for a minimal land commitment and the provision of naval and air support to the United States.
Yet there is a reluctance to commit.
As is China's reluctance to commit itself to managing Pyongyang.
Obama acknowledged the problem in justifying his reluctance to commit troops to the fight.
These began with the Bush administration's reluctance to commit enough American troops to Afghanistan.
His reluctance to commit himself, as it turned out, didn't last long.
Nor did Germany and France seem to budge from their reluctance to commit any more soldiers.
"There's a reluctance to commit too much," said Todd Salamone, an analyst at Schaeffer's Investment Research.
Instead, he said, it bogged down, partly over the theater company's reluctance to commit to amenities like reserved seating.
Hollande, it has been observed, has form with the ladies and a record of reluctance to commit.
With a further 40cm of snow falling that night, our reluctance to commit to a piste-bound day was sealed.
