Reply #5: Aren't you being a tad bit unreasonable? Obama wants all info before a statement.

[vaberella]

That's what he does, and everyone knows this. People always want an immediate response. He'll have reporters asking questions, he wants to be as well briefed as he can be. How many people get annoyed when the President says..."I don't know." Give this some time.

Does Japan even know all the things that it should know?! I ask this, because this is sudden. When the oil spill happened, there was no immediate address, because know one knew anything. I don't think Japan is on top of all the things that are going on either. They have a country of millions and with probably close to 2000+ million deaths. Some of whom have family in Tokyo. They have their own people wondering about who's alive or dead, powerlines torn down and a good portion of the nation in unrest.

Then they have the nuclear plants that exploded and they have to do studies as to how far and how damaging is that going to be. I seriously don't think even Japan knows as much as you think the American President should know. This is massive logistical problem and a horrible tragedy. This is not 1-2-3 answer here. Things take time and I think 5 days isn't enough time.

I'll give the nation itself about two weeks here, and then another week to get the information to the President.

As a side note...Did Obama say something when Haiti's Earthquake happened?! And if he did...how long after the earthquake did he say something?