The Saudi Journalist

One thing we Americans are terribly guilty of is thinking everything is about us. So much of the time it isn't. So why do we feel the need to react swiftly to this disappearance of the Saudi journalist? Does anyone think we actually know what happened or who is behind it with confidence? Does anyone know the effect our actions will have? Why do we need to react at all?

I don't think being a global leader means walking around thinking we know everything and like an overbearing parent at a playground, feeling like we need to intervene every time something happens.

I'm all for figuring out what happened. But that would require our intelligence agencies and political class to actually do their job and know what's going on around them.