What Leadership looks like:

In case our President needs an example, here it is from British Prime Minister David Cameron...

Highlights from the transcript:

"My first priority as PM is to make sure we do everything possible to keep our people safe. Today I want to set out the scale and nature of the threat we face, and the comprehensive we are taking to combat it."

"It was clear evidence that this was not some foreign conflict thousands of miles from home we can afford to ignore ... ISIS is a threat to our security here in the UK"

"The terrorist threat was not created by the Iraq war 10 years ago. It existed even before the horrific attacks on 9/11, themselves some time before the Iraq war. This threat cannot be solved simply by dealing with the perceived grievances over Western foreign policy. Nor can it be dealt with by addressing poverty, dictatorship or instability in the region, as important as these things are. The root cause of this threat to our security is quite clear. It is a poisonous ideology of Islamist extremism that is condemned by all faiths and by all faith leaders. It believes in using the most brutal forms of terrorism to force people to accept a warped world view and to live in an almost medieval state. A state in which its own citizens would suffer unimaginable brutality, including barbaric beheadings of those who refuse to convert to their warped version of Islam; the enslavement and raping of women; and the widespread slaughter of Muslims by fellow Muslims. And, of course, the exporting of terrorism abroad.

So this is about a battle between Islam on the one hand and extremists who want to abuse Islam on the other. It is absolutely vital that we make this distinction between religion and political ideology."

"We cannot appease this ideology. We have to confront it at home and abroad."

He then goes on to outline the guiding principles of Britain's response, namely being touch, intelligent, and comprehensive in response to the terrorist threat. They will be immediately seizing passports of suspected terror suspects, and will announce additional security measures over the next few days.

His closing:
"Britain is an open, tolerant and free nation. We are a country that backs people in every community, who want to work hard, make a contribution and build a life for themselves and their families. But we cannot stand by and allow our openness to be confused with a tolerance of extremism, or one that encourages different cultures to live separate lives and allows people to behave in ways that run completely counter to our values. Adhering to British values is not an option or a choice; it is a duty for those who live in these islands. And in the end it is only by standing up for these values that will defeat the extremism, protect our way of life and keep all our people safe. Thank you."

Or, as one Twitter post put it...
Obama: It's "unrealistic" to defeat ISIS,and we don't have a strategy anyway.
Cameron: It won't be quick, but we will defeat them.
#Contrast