Pardon the cute title, but it is Barack Obama’s war now. This is a letter to the editor of my local paper that has been accepted, but not yet published. After a year in office, it is clear to me that the president does not know how to lead. He can inspire, he can organize, he can cajole, but he is not a leader. You cannot lead a parade from the flute section-you must be up front with the baton; you cannot govern from the middle because it is too large and inert; you cannot lead from behind the scenes because no one can see you. As bad as George W. Bush was, and he was a disaster, he led the country. Yes, he led in the wrong direction, and did not make a single good decision in 8 years, but he was the decider, and the whole country knew it. Now we are adrift, rudderless, with no compass or goal in sight.
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