I cling to the thought that we aren't aware of what actions he is or has been taking.
It's just my opinion, but I've always thought that it was the fact that Russia was involved that has made this such a sensitive subject. If you put it all out there, then you have to deal with what repercussions the Russians should suffer for having a hand in it. I bet if you delve into it deeper that France was giving Saddam a hand with his cleanup somewhere,too.
I think this is pretty much the same reason he tiptoes around the immigration issue. If he puts his foot down about immigration, then you have to deal with Mexico's reaction which is sure to be very ugly.
I think in his mind he is trying to maintain a balance and he doesn't want anymore enemies, but well...I'm not too thrilled about it, to say the least.
You know, I hold to that same wish, but every day for me, that wish is getting dimmer and dimmer. For instance, when Carter dispatched Delta to rescue the hostages in Iran, I thought to myself, this must be a ruse of some sort, that it's a diversion to allow the rescue of our embassy staff... Well, it soon became abundantly clear that wasn't the case. For years now, I had hoped that the President would come out with hard, incontrovertible evidence to shut down these idiotic anti-war leftists, but at this point, I don't see it ever happening. Just like with our borders, I had hoped that something would come of it, but like the "rescue" attempt, I'm now pretty sure that it's all based on nothing more than incompetence at the top.
I hope that by some miracle we're going to hear, "Yes Virginia, there really were WMDs, and we know where they are and how they got there." But much like with Santa Claus, I'm not really a believer anymore.
Mark