Fuss, Cuss and Discuss: Nero Fiddled While Rome Burned

There is been much speculation on exactly what Obama is doing during this delay on making a decision about Afghanistan. Some, like VP Cheney thinks Obama is dithering.

dither - A state of indecisive agitation. To be uncertain or unable to make a decision about something;
dithering - To be nervously irresolute in acting or doing

I was thinking that diddling is a good description of Obama's state of mind and action.

diddling - 1. manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination. 2. to waste (as time) in a trifling manner. 3. hoax, swindle. 4. to copulate with or masturbate

1. Obama could be using the delay for political manipulation. He could be putting off making a decision until after the ObamaCare vote since whatever the decision, some Democrat faction will be unhappy.

2. Maybe he just can't stay focused.

3. He may be looking for a way to set up a flip-flop.

4. Obama might just be screwing the country as usual.

Fiddle around: Waste time doing silly things, or unsuccessful things

Even if there is no ulterior motive, Obama is wasting precious time and hurting our soldiers.

Fiddle while Rome burns: To do nothing or something trivial while knowing that something disastrous is happening. (From a legend that the Roman emperor Nero played the lyre while Rome was burning.)

A superficial and unscholarly comparison between Nero and Obama does give one pause, particularly in considering what long-term effects Obama's presidency will have on the US.

Nero is known for: his mad self-indulgence; cruelty; arrogance; outrageous and dangerous behavior; blaming the fire he set in Rome on the Christians; high living with disregard for the needs of his subjects; killing his mother when she became inconvenience.

Obama... Chicago Olympics Bid Gets Higher Priority than War In Afghanistan, 5 Video Tapes, New White House Office, South Lawn Event, Rose Garden Event, Lobbying Efforts At UN And G-20, Numerous Phone Calls, And $112,000 Flight To Copenhagen With 2 Cabinet Officials And A U.S. Senator.

Instead of adoring his own image, Obama loves to hear himself talk – about himself. In just 41 speeches so far this year, not including this week’s big speech at the United Nations, Obama has talked about himself nearly 1,200 times – 1,198 to be exact. (That breaks down to 1,121 “I”s and just 77 “me”s.) And that just includes 34 weekly addresses and his seven major speeches. Count the hundreds of other public speeches and he’d be off the charts….

Obama's attack mentality and Chicago Style Thuggery is well documented. His egotistical arrogance is demonstrated by how openly he attacks, intimidates and exacts retribution.

NERO
“Do I live for the people or do the people live for me? … These people expect me to shine both day and night!” --Peter Ustinov as Nero in Quo Vadis

OBAMA
“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”

“People of Berlin - people of the world - this is our moment. This is our time.”

“America, this is our moment. This is our time. Our time to turn the page of the policies of the past.”