It's not the video

This week showered our great nation with a barrage of heartbreaking events ....

1. The 11th anniversary or 9/11 where we again honor and mourn the more than 3000 people representing more than 90 countries were deliberately murdered
2. The murder of our American ambassador to Libya and three others, including former Navy SEALS.
3. An attack on our Embassy in Cairo
4. Attacks on a dozen or so more American embassies in other Middle Eastern countries.
5. The complete lack of focus of our President and our national press in addressing these events
6. Perpetuation of a deliberate lie that somehow an obscure Youtube video caused all this unrest. 
7. The shunning of the Prime Minister of Israel. 

The anniversary of 9/11 is always a challenge for Americans. We need to remember, we need to honor those who were killed, especially those who gave their lives in trying to save others. It is an anniversary of national pride as much as anything else ... and it should never, ever be used as an opportunity to politicize.  As a nation, our thoughts and/or prayers continue to go out to those who lost loved ones, the lives that were forever shattered, and the long-lasting scar on our nation as a whole. That scar is healing, but we will never be the same again.

How this event is handled is indicative of character, particularly in those who lead our country.  The first thing from the Romney campaign was a heart-felt statement from Governor Romney honoring those who died eleven years ago. The first word from the Obama campaign was a tweet asking people to volunteer to work for his campaign.  Um. Yeah. Not cool.  President Obama eventually got around to making a public statement about 9/11, but his priority that day was clearly his campaign, not the emotional state of our country.

On that same day this week, our Embassy in Cairo was attacked.  Protests, they called it.  Threats, fire, guns, violence ... that's not a protest, that's a riot.  A misguided statement came out of the Egyptian Embassy which, in essence, blamed the riots on an obscure youtube video. No one appears to know if this was an attempt to calm down the violence or even where the statement originated. It made no difference and appeared to inflame the mob even more.

Within hours Governor Romney called a press conference and decried the Embassy's statement insisting that this was not a time for Americans to be apologizing for anything. He, of course, tied the statement to the Obama administration because, well, Obama is the President and surely an embassy wouldn't make such a public statement without approval.  Romney was immediately vilified by the press for daring to speak out on a matter of foreign policy .... odd considering they've hammered him for months about NOT speaking out on matters of foreign policy. Our press is nothing if not fickle.

The following day we discovered our Ambassador to Libya had also been the victim of such a protest, as well as three others on his staff, that he had been murdered (some say raped as well) and his body was dragged through the streets of Benghazi while "protesters" celebrated their great victory over America.

Our President did not make a statement for almost 16 hours, and even then he echoed what Governor Romney said, that the Embassy statement was inappropriate and it wasn't his fault. He sniped about Governor Romney a little and emotionlessly reported the death of our Ambassador.  Then he hopped a plane to Las Vegas for a fundraiser.

Wait.  What??  Yep, our President, clearly consumed with concern for our representatives abroad and the blatant attacks on our soil, flew off to the party city of our country to hold a personal pep rally and raise some more campaign contributions.  In other words, that 3 a.m. phone call and he refused to answer the phone.

Governor Romney held a press conference to answer questions about these events.  The press asked him eight questions, seven of them were the same question challenging him on his "tone" in making a statement too early in the events to know what was going on in Cairo or Libya.  Of course his statements were correct and eventually validated by President Obama, so they couldn't jump on him for that, so it was about his "tone" and "jumping the gun."  Except he didn't.  He made a statement to us as Americans about what had happened and reassuring us.  

So we have a Governor acting Presidential and a President acting like a frat boy and the press focusing their more of their attention and venom on the responsible adult in the room instead than reporting on the actual terrorist attacks and murders. Our nation is under attack, folks, how about you keep your eye on the ball?

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to notice that the White House and everyone else associated with this administration are blaming some obscure Youtube video for the riots & murders.  In doing so they are ignoring actual evidence of more logical reasons .... 

• These attacks occurred on 9/11
• The mobs were chanting "We are all Usama"
• At least one of the mobs burned President Obama in effigy
• Some of the rioters stated that these attacks were in retaliation for the death of one of their #2 leader by an unmanned drone in Pakistan
• Most people have not actually seen the video, they were told about it by their clergy 

Isn't it more likely that the rioting & murdering took place because our President and his Vice President continue to chant"Usama is dead and GM is alive?" Wouldn't bragging about the death of Usama bin Laden inflame these so-called protesters or even inspire them to plan an attack on our nation/embassies?  

Is it rational to call any attacks on our nation that take place on 9/11 a coincidence?

Taking a back seat in all of this is the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, who is understandably getting a little nervous about Iranian development of nuclear weapons.  He asks for a meeting with our President while they are both in New York for the U.N. assembly, and the White House says no. NO? Our President, who claims our country is Israel's closest ally, won't meet with Netanyahu because of "scheduling," yet while he's in New York he's going to tape Letterman? So the phone is ringing again ... this time from Netanyahu who has genuine concerns that his country is going to blown off the face of the earth (as Iran has pledged to do), and again our President isn't even answering the phone.

It's both tragic and amusing that our President, who has criticized Romney's lack of foreign policy experience, isn't even attending security briefings while our country is under attack. Romney stood up to the plate and hit a home run with Americans, while Obama and the press continue to say he struck out.  It's ridiculous. It's asinine.

Our country deserves better.  Up until now this election has been about the poor economy and the only thing President Obama had to brag about was the death of bin Laden. Now it looks as if that one event has turned into the catalyst for rioting and terrorism against us, and his solution is to blame a youtube video.

It's time to think, people.  Voting for Obama is voting for more of this national immaturity and tolerating more of the blame game from the leader of the free world.  Let's get someone in there who actually WANTS the job instead of President Obama who clearly prefers running for the job rather than actually doing the job.