For the last six years, president Obama has generally been a reactive leader. For all the discussion about the concept of "leading from behind", the real issue for America has been Obama's practice of responding rather than leading. Think about some of the bigger examples of this:
1. Over the three years that the key website for the Obamacare exchange was developed, Obama did not bother to check in on how things were going. He imparted no sense of urgency to those working on the project. In fact, he claims to have only found out that the website would not function when it went live and collapsed.
2. When there was a need to make a decision on construction of the Keystone Pipeline, Obama would not make a move. Since no one actually forced the issue, Obama had nothing to react to, so he did nothing.
3. When he first took office, Obama called for a massive stimulus plan, but then he never proposed anything. Instead, he waited for congressional Democrats to come up with an incoherent package of items that for the most part did not work to stimulate economic growth.
4. When the Russians began making moves that might threaten the Crimea, Obama did nothing. He watched the Ukrainians try to keep that province out of Russian hands, but did nothing but make a few comments on the subject. After the Russians took Crimea from Ukraine, Obama reacted weakly with some rather silly "sanctions" against Moscow. Then he went to the sidelines again to watch as Russians took over the eastern section of Ukraine. To this day, Obama still has taken no real actions against the Russians.
No matter how poorly these things turned out for Obama, he cannot bring himself to be proactive. Just look at the last two days. Ebola threatens from Africa, so Obama gives a speech that there is little chance that we could have Ebola cases here, but if we do, our health system could easily handle it. That speech was less than a month ago. Today, we got the third case. The latest victim was on a commercial airlines flight with a low grade fever that got worse and led her to the hospital. This victim was a nurse who was supposed to be following a government protocol that barred her from travel on a commercial airliner. Despite the government's rules, NO ONE TOLD THE NURSE. The Obamacrats don't take steps to prevent the spread of the disease, they react to it once it happens. Now, hundreds of people across America may have been exposed to Ebola because of that.
Then there is Kobani (Ayn al Arab). For the last month and a half, ISIS forces have been moving closer and closer to that Kurdish city in Syria. For almost that entire time, the ISIS forces were in territory that had no trees and very little vegetation. In other words, the ISIS forces were in areas that made them perfect targets of American air power. Obama did nothing. He did not allow our air force to strike at the ISIS terrorist army, and they eventually got all the way to Kobani. Now, ISIS controls half of that city, and guess what, Obama has allowed a stepped up air campaign. Obama has been responding to an avalanche of criticism regarding the paltry amount of power used against ISIS. Now that ISIS troops are inside the city and have the ability to hide in all sorts of buildings, NOW Obama allows the used of more planes. Today, there were 18 missions by American planes against ISIS. Two weeks ago, that would have meant 18 sure hits on major ISIS targets. Today, it means that American planes may have hit some hidden terrorists, but maybe they did not. How much of Kobani will be flattened in attacks on ISIS? How many civilians will die in attacks that easily could have come weeks ago and prevented ISIS from getting to the city? How steep will the price be for Obama's failure to lead rather than react?
1. Over the three years that the key website for the Obamacare exchange was developed, Obama did not bother to check in on how things were going. He imparted no sense of urgency to those working on the project. In fact, he claims to have only found out that the website would not function when it went live and collapsed.
2. When there was a need to make a decision on construction of the Keystone Pipeline, Obama would not make a move. Since no one actually forced the issue, Obama had nothing to react to, so he did nothing.
3. When he first took office, Obama called for a massive stimulus plan, but then he never proposed anything. Instead, he waited for congressional Democrats to come up with an incoherent package of items that for the most part did not work to stimulate economic growth.
4. When the Russians began making moves that might threaten the Crimea, Obama did nothing. He watched the Ukrainians try to keep that province out of Russian hands, but did nothing but make a few comments on the subject. After the Russians took Crimea from Ukraine, Obama reacted weakly with some rather silly "sanctions" against Moscow. Then he went to the sidelines again to watch as Russians took over the eastern section of Ukraine. To this day, Obama still has taken no real actions against the Russians.
No matter how poorly these things turned out for Obama, he cannot bring himself to be proactive. Just look at the last two days. Ebola threatens from Africa, so Obama gives a speech that there is little chance that we could have Ebola cases here, but if we do, our health system could easily handle it. That speech was less than a month ago. Today, we got the third case. The latest victim was on a commercial airlines flight with a low grade fever that got worse and led her to the hospital. This victim was a nurse who was supposed to be following a government protocol that barred her from travel on a commercial airliner. Despite the government's rules, NO ONE TOLD THE NURSE. The Obamacrats don't take steps to prevent the spread of the disease, they react to it once it happens. Now, hundreds of people across America may have been exposed to Ebola because of that.
Then there is Kobani (Ayn al Arab). For the last month and a half, ISIS forces have been moving closer and closer to that Kurdish city in Syria. For almost that entire time, the ISIS forces were in territory that had no trees and very little vegetation. In other words, the ISIS forces were in areas that made them perfect targets of American air power. Obama did nothing. He did not allow our air force to strike at the ISIS terrorist army, and they eventually got all the way to Kobani. Now, ISIS controls half of that city, and guess what, Obama has allowed a stepped up air campaign. Obama has been responding to an avalanche of criticism regarding the paltry amount of power used against ISIS. Now that ISIS troops are inside the city and have the ability to hide in all sorts of buildings, NOW Obama allows the used of more planes. Today, there were 18 missions by American planes against ISIS. Two weeks ago, that would have meant 18 sure hits on major ISIS targets. Today, it means that American planes may have hit some hidden terrorists, but maybe they did not. How much of Kobani will be flattened in attacks on ISIS? How many civilians will die in attacks that easily could have come weeks ago and prevented ISIS from getting to the city? How steep will the price be for Obama's failure to lead rather than react?
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