It seems like many critics of Obama in the media are criticizing him for his reaction to the failed terrorist attempt that occurred last week on the Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Chicago. As I'm sure you know, a Nigerian radical traveled from his home country to Amsterdam, on a plane to Detroit before attempting to detonate a bomb in his pants while the plane began to descent into the Detroit area.
Thankfully, this plot failed as the bomb simply caught fire without exploding, and there were no casualties resulting from the incident. What many have chosen to focus on in the face of this is President Obama's reaction to this turn of events. He took two days before he proceeded to respond with words to this incident.
His extended response time has drawn harsh criticism from those who generally oppose the President and his policies. This is largely in part because the President was vacationing in Hawaii with his family as this all took place. What these same critics fail to acknowledge is the fact that former President Bush took three full days before addressing the public after the tragic events of September 11th.
When an incident like this takes place, the response and the way it's handled are both integral. All facts must be gathered and known before someone with so much influence should choose his words, and this is simply what occurred here. President Obama needed a couple of days to learn about the incident (as did interrogators) before he responded.
Most importantly, an immediate response could have fed right into the agenda of the terrorists whose purpose is to instill fear into the American culture. By responding immediately, this would in essence be acknowledging the sense of panic that their actions bring. When all is said and done, a lapse in the system occurred, but by no means should the way our President responded be the focus of this all.
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