Why Barack Obama does not fight back when Hillary is attacking him.

“Sometimes you take some hits. Even during this campaign, I’ve been taking some hits.”

“One of the things that I learned in the school yard was: the folks that are talking tough all the time, they’re not always that tough. If you’re really tough, you’re not always looking to try to start a fight. If you’re really tough, sometimes you just walk away. If you’re really tough, you just save it for when you really need it,” Obama said.

“I’m not interested in fighting people just for the sake of scoring political points.” “If I’m going to fight somebody it’s going to be fighting over the American people and what they need.”

I could not have said this better myself.

As somebody who has studied Martial Arts, and taught them as well, teaching people the importance of when it is appropriate to use your skill is always a challenge.

Many, many years ago my Chinese Kung Fu teacher gave me a list of the rules of engagement. And they are as follows:

"It is better to walk away then to argue."
"It is better to argue then to injure."
"It is better to injure then to maim."
"It is better to maim then to kill."
"And it is better to kill then to allow innocents to die."

What Barack said seems to be in harmony with what my kindly sifu said so many years ago.

Yet another reason to respect and support his Presidency.