There is also the possibility that quick violent retaliation could encourage any wannabe copycats more than whatever longer term plan
Obama has to diffuse the situation. For one, quick intervention could create more martyr's for the movement which yes have, in their
minds anyway, plenty already. No doubt no action would not be an option, yet there is no doubt action is taking place as we speak here.
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”