Our “Clueless” President?

Forget ideology for a moment – ignore the fact that Barack Obama is a leftist – certainly the President, any president, wants to be respected as a leader, doesn’t he?

When Americans are frightened, they want reassurance that our president understands and is committed to fighting the threat. Instinctively, almost, an effective leader recognizes that this is what he must do. So how, time after time, can President Obama act in ways that disregard this obligation?

The serious worries of the people deserve to be – need to be – taken seriously. But repeatedly, our president fails to do so.

Consider some examples:

-                   -     An American being beheaded is shown on an ISIS video. The visual is shocking and unnerving. The President expresses his “outrage” at a brief press appearance and then leaves promptly for a golf outing.

-                -      Terrorist kill over 100 people in Paris. Americans fear the same could happen here. Major world leaders travel to Paris to join in a march pledging solidarity with the French in the fight against such terrorism. Obama does not attend.

-              -       Bombs explode in Brussels, killing dozens and wounding hundreds. At the time, our leader is in Cuba. He expresses his anger with the terrorist attacks and then attends a baseball game in Havana. While at the stadium, he joins in the lighthearted fan activity known as “the wave”. (On the next stop of his Latin American visit, he does the tango in Argentina.)

Does Barack Obama not understand how inconsequential he appears by his displays of frivolity? Is he really clueless?

Or, is he actually showing a high contempt for the fears and worries of the American people? After all, Obama has expressed the view that “global warming” poses an existential threat – ISIS does not. So, maybe the President is simply inclined to dismiss what he believes are unwarranted concerns of the public. And, he does not intend to humor us by providing genuine solace and leadership.