He's just a nowhere man...

 

 

"He's a real nowhere man, sitting in his nowhere land, making all his nowhere plans for nobody..." 

 

Nowhere man

The Beatles

Where in the heck was he yesterday? Gone. MIA. I even looked for his picture on the back of a milk carton. The biggest event in the world was happening in Paris, and one person in particular was missing. Nobody important. Only the leader of the Free World.

It has been said what France went through last week was their version of 9/11. Terror came to visit as an unwanted intruder to this long standing European ally. The way this terror happened, the carnage it left behind, the symbol of free speech it tried so hard to destroy, touched many across the globe. For that one day, yesterday, Paris became a Mecca for freedom loving people everywhere. It was a huge demonstration against terror. Over 1,000,000 strong attended. Leaders of nations marched arm in arm. That is, except for one. Our President. Neither he, nor the Vice President, nor the Secretary of State attended.

His absence was duly noted my many in Europe. Some of the Euro newspapers blasted him for not coming. It was an opportunity lost. And why? Is it he has such a distain for even saying the word "terror"? Or "Radial Islam"? What is it? He has zero problem hopping on Air Force One and going anyplace in the country for fund raising. And golf? Stay out of his way, or get run over. However as the leader of the Free World, there are tacit responsibilities that come with the title. Attending the event like the one held yesterday is one of them. Everything should have been cleared off his calendar and he should have been there. Arm in arm, with the other world leaders.

More and more people worldwide are starting to get the message about terrorism. It is here, it is growing, it is morphing, and it is not going away. We need a President to call freedom loving leaders together and come up with an iron clad strategy to beat this thing - and soon. The longer we let it fester, let it grow, the more chances we will have another Charlie Hebdo.

My advice for your final two years Mr. President is simple. Put your clubs away. After your term is up, you can play every day with no conflicts. Work with the new Congress in passing legislation the people want. The vote last November was crystal clear in what they want and need from Washington. If you really want a lasting legacy which is positive, put the wheels in motion to develop a strategy. A strategy to soundly defeat this terrorism. And you can start by calling it by its proper name - Radical Islam.