From Peggy Noonan's weekly column in the Wall Street Journal:

I have been thinking of the iconic image of American military leadership, Emanuel Leutze's painting "Washington Crossing the Delaware." There Washington stands, sturdy and resolute, looking toward the enemy on the opposite shore. If you imagine Mr. Obama in that moment he is turned, gesturing toward those in the back. "It's not my fault we're in this boat!" That's what "I didn't set a red line" and "My credibility is not at stake" sounded like.

Peggy was one of Ronald Reagan's great speech writers. She always has something incisive to say about what's happening. And no, I don't think bombing another country because we don't like their political system is the thing to do; I just wish our Commander in Chief could admit he made a mistake when he issued his "red line" threat.