The World Needs a Clarion - 

Obama can't lead a coalition if nobody can follow his thinking.

“It is a muddle, a murk and a desperate-looking thing, the president on the subject of the Islamic State.

The Islamic State is the junior varsity. No, it is a "cancer." We will "degrade and destroy" it. No, we'll render it "a manageable problem." It's all so halting, herky-jerky and, for a great power, embarrassing. Ich bin ein Limiter of Spheres of Influence. Mr. Obama has been severely criticized and soon will change the story with a new statement. Actually to a degree he already has, in his joint op-ed piece Thursday with British Prime Minister David Cameron. Our countries "will not be cowed by barbaric killers." That's good, not being cowed, but what does it mean and for how long?

What is extraordinary in this moment of high, many-fronted peril is that the president's true views and plans are not only unclear to the world but a mystery to his countrymen.”

Obama supporters opin that the President is displaying extraordinary restraint and is remaining calm in the face of danger from around the world. I'd liken Obama to the proverbial 'deer in the headlights', who knows they've been spotted, but don't know where to turn. Obama, one big ass mistake, America -