Why does King Neocon call Obama wuss & wimp for holding the Nigerian bomber as criminal rather than combatant?

You precisely defined the problem. When the military worries about being court martialed for doing their job and the CIA and FBI worry about prosecution they will behave in a very bureaucratic way. There is no urgency about the war on terror as it used to be called. No wonder we are now seeing infiltration into the National Security forces of Afghanistan by the Taliban. The 6 month failure by Obama to shore up the military is starting to bear fruit and the agencies that used to be pro-active are starting to sit on their hands.