It seems like everybody has an opinion on world affairs and what this President should or should not do even today on the Sunday morning political shows . Arm chair diplomats seem to be everywhere. In fact, every Tom, Dick and Harry is now an expert on Syria, Iraq, Iran, or the terrorist group -- ISIS aka ISIL. It's truly an amazing phenomenon to witness so much commotion from our elected officials, media personalities or everyday citizens. Some want to declare war; others want to bomb, bomb, and bomb; yet while others don't want any troops deployed, and scrutinize every plane and/or drone that is used.
California's senior Senator Dianne Feinstein from San Francisco led the Democrats and took her best shot at the president for being too cautious on last week's Sunday's Meet the Press but seems to be coming around to support the President after his statements today. But adding to the polemic is the ever growing pack of Democrats up for re-election, and the Republicans with their tom-tom drums stirring up fear and even more adversity. These GOP naysayers come in all shapes and sizes from the Boobsie Twins, aka Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham, who are both continuously stirring the proverbial pot on the world stage and at home; to Governor Chris Christie who is pounding his chest this week about Russia's Putin while judiciously checking his poll numbers. Really, really wish there was a way to simmer them all down because it is just not helping. Words do matter and this type of rabble rousing makes people even more uneasy during this time of great upheaval. Frankly, nothing good can come from Geraldo Rivera's evocative words on social media, except more unrest:
"Morning, the president finally declared our strategic goal to 'degrade and destroy' ISIS. We must hold him to it. Behead the ISIS butchers." 5:35 AM -- 3 Sep 2014 New York, NY, United States
This was not what the merry team around Zuckerberg's Facebook and Biz Stone's Twitter dreamt of late at night. Rather, these types of messaging and images are the antithesis of the global village they helped to create. Look, there is no room in our President's vision of the world for the big, bold images or words of barbarism. President Barack Obama is a deliberate man, and he will act decisively when the time is right. His words were steel from Europe on the execution of Steven Sotloff: "We will not forget. Our reach is long. Justice will be served." So buckle in for the long ride folks. Trust that he will act, and hopefully together with a coalition of world leaders sooner rather than later.