Could be? Could be?
A real President would have already either announced they could do nothing, or would have announced they had already launched an attack last night.
Obama has no idea how to make a decision, so he is always “thinking” about it, and then gets the newspapers to publish how hard he is thinking about it, so he can get credit for caring and thinking even if he has no idea how to act.
A real president wouldn't have leaked what he might do to the NYSlimes, he'd have just done it, and told the presstitutes later.