The President’s 65+ minute “short” SOTU blather was notable in many respects. Most notable was what was missing. No, I’m not talking about his utter lack of humility. Instead I’m talking about his refusal to face reality and provide actual leadership. Specifically I’m talking about Iran seizing 2 of our U.S. naval ships and 10 of our sailors.

Would he adjust his speech and call on Iran to free our sailors? Would he find his backbone and call them out for their actions? Nope. Not so much.

That’s why we built a global coalition, with sanctions and principled diplomacy, to prevent a nuclear-armed Iran. As we speak, Iran has rolled back its nuclear program, shipped out its uranium stockpile, and the world has avoided another war.

What, you were waiting for more? So were we. So was the rest of the world. Instead we get a two line mention of Iran. Not a single word about the actual Iran Deal. Not one thing about Iran’s missile testing in violation of the unsigned deal. More importantly, Not. One. Single. Word about our sailors being held captive. Yes, I used the word captive because thats what they were.

We woke this morning to the news that Iran has released our sailors. But that doesn’t fix the very real issue. That issue is, Iran committed an act of war. They know it, we know it and the only people who don’t want to recognize that are the feckless idiots sitting in the White House!