[Windflier]

I fear that the reason the he does not take a stand against the tyranny is that one day, soon, he may be confronted with those words when he uses similar tyranny against protesters here.

You may have a point there, but that would assume that Obama can actually think and extrapolate major events of this magnitude out into the future.

I'm convinced that he can't.

[PuzzledInTX]

You may have a point there, but that would assume that Obama can actually think and extrapolate major events of this magnitude out into the future. I'm convinced that he can't.

You may have a point there. However, narcissists are very intelligent, and clever, and sometimes when acting in their own interest a longer range plan is developed rather than immediate gratification. His history of being on the fence with issues indicates to me that he is watching and waiting for his time to strike - to use crises for his own benefit.