Joordan's King Abdullah II Seems More American Than Obama

King Abdullah II of Jordan could teach Barack Obama something about courage and standing for American values, in the face of unbridled evil. For that matter he is as much descended from American parents as Obama is. As both were born of foreign fathers who married American women, and were later educated in American schools (though Abdullah's education was also split between English, and American schools), one must wonder whether Abdullah inherited his "spine" from his mother's family, whereas Obama must not have. Anyway, if we must have a Muslim-sympathizing leader running things in the fight against I.S.I.S., in the Middle-East, Abdullah seems to be more courageous than our spineless president. At least that is a fair assessment of the Jordanian response to the brutal execution of the Jordanian pilot who was captured by I.S.I.S., and recently burned alive while being filmed for the entertainment of the Terrorist fighters.

So far, Jordanian planes have flown more than 50 airstrikes against the terrorist strongholds, amid vows to destroy their organization altogether. Would that we had a president with as much resolve as the King of Jordan. Granted, American airstrikes have been greater in number, but we seem intent upon damaging their empty buildings while they sleep elsewhere, though admittedly our drones have been effective in killing their leaders. But how long before this president realizes that the only effective way of destroying a nest of Vipers is to dig them out of their holes and kill them? This will require "boots on the ground" capable of rooting out the terrorists and killing them, one at a time, or all together. President Obama seems to care more about his campaign promise to end the war in Iraq than he does about ending the I.S.I.S. brutality. Would that we had a President with some old-fashioned American "backbone", for a change.