"Your Honor, I respect your office as president. But if this attack on American citizens, on American soil, happened 2,000 miles away from Washington, D.C. — say in Los Angeles or in Seattle — would you have waited seven hours before you sent the first airplane? Would you have waited seven hours until the attack was over? Would you have waited a couple of days until you had all of the videos and all the information before you responded in a responsible military way?”
First of all, he doesn't deserve your respect.
In his typical, nonchalant way, Obama handled this crisis like he's handled everything else in his life. When he was a senator, he voted present, since he's been president I can't think of one concrete decision he's made that would actually help the American people.