We continue to wait for the President of the United States to make a decision about the war in Afghanistan. Our waiting is nothing compared to the waiting our Soldiers are having to do. It’s an excruciating time for all of us, but especially for them. Meanwhile, the President goes golfing, flies to London for a break, takes a couple of vacations and flies to Copenhagen to try to get the Olympics for some political payback to his friends in the Daley Political Machine. It’s not like he hasn’t done anything. He did have a meeting today about it today and one of the Congressmen leaving the meeting said he’d make a decision within weeks rather than months. Weeks instead of months. Meanwhile, Soldiers are dying and time is relentlessly running out.

You know something different is going on when Barack Obama isn’t in front of a television camera every day. Not only has he not been in front of a camera every day, he hasn’t been in front of one for about a week now. Its a strange silence that leads one to wonder what is going on. We have all noticed that since Barack Obama burst on the national scene he has never seen a television camera he didn’t like unless, of course, there wasn’t a teleprompter handy. But since he was humiliated in front of the international world in his bid to get the 2016 Olympics for his homeboys in Chicago, he has been conspicuous by his absence in front of the cameras.

Perhaps the difference is, dare we hope, that Barack Obama is finally realizing that BEING President is a lot more difficult than he might have imagined. It’s undoubtedly quite different than running for President. If you are someone who doesn’t want to make anyone mad, doesn’t like to take responsibility for your decisions, has difficulty making decisions and is not accustomed to not getting your way, I imagine the Presidency can be close to a nightmare. Unless you are so clueless you don’t notice it and so arrogant that no one can bring it to your attention.

Case in point is his apparent inability to make a decision about the Battle of Afghanistan.

Remember when he first took office and they made a big deal about not calling the war the ‘Global War on Terrorism’? They decided to call it an ‘Overseas Contingency’. Well, it’s all in rhetoric and wording for this administration. Unfortunately, no matter what words you use, the result is the same. I heard Obama today saying that this decision was so difficult because we are being fought from ‘all corners of the Earth’. That would make it ‘global’ wouldn’t it? So, it seems he’s getting a clue that it’s not just about Afghanistan, or Iraq, or Iran. It’s a war between 9th century ideology and Western civilization. The war will be fought where ever we are. They are at war with us regardless of whether or not we acknowledge that we are at war with them.

The Commanders on the ground in Afghanistan, General Stanley A. McChrystal, has been trying to give Obama a report asking for more troops. He has stressed the urgency for the need. Instead of Obama listening to McChrystal, a General he picked himself for the position, he has stalled and used bureaucratic red tape to keep the report from reaching his desk. Finally, over a month after he initially tried to submit the report to Obama, McChrystal went public with his findings – much to the chagrin of the Obama Administration. But what else was he to do?

Now, after another vacation and a trip to Copenhagen to try to get the Olympics for Chicago, Obama finally sat down for a meeting to discuss what he might do about Afghanistan. A full week after McChrystal went public with his report.

They plan another meeting. And another. And probably another. And they report that a decision will be made within ‘weeks instead of months’.

Meanwhile, American Soldiers are waiting, fighting and dying while their Commander and Chief just can’t muster up the courage to make a decision. If only he had the political courage our Troops have have with their lives.

Ten American Soldiers were killed in heavy fighting in Afghanistan while Obama played a round of golf.

Obama wanted to be President of the United States. Now it’s past time for him to start acting like a President and a leader. It’s time for him to do something besides talk in broad, vague terms that mean nothing.