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Didn't watch L'affaire «ligne rouge» speech,
because I cannot stand watching Obama. He's the only person I've
ever
seen who can prance about while standing still. Did I say I can't
stand to listen to his voice? It's true. Anyway, everybody
knew the
speech was delivered to give media talking points that morning
shows
can use to keep the Lo-Fos from knowing what a goofass they have for
president. This Tranato column
(excerpt) from yesterday tickled me, and says it
all.
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In a New York Post column, Rich Lowry puts it a
million
times more pointedly: "Now that John Kerry is the secretary of state,
his gaffes can launch major diplomatic initiatives."
House
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi echoed the claim in a tweet: "Thanks to
Pres. Obama's strength, we have a Russian proposal. We hope that it is
credible and real, and therefore progress."
If Pelosi had any wit,
she'd have tweeted that we have to bomb Syria so
we can find out what's in it.
In a mordant way, it is fitting that this crisis
seemingly ended with an administration gaffe, for that is also the way
it began. Obama wasn't doing anything more than thinking out loud last
year when he set a "red line" against the use of chemical weapons, but
he trapped himself into making it U.S. policy, then demanded Congress
and the world back it up. It's as if Emily Litella--the hard-of-hearing
old lady the late Gilda Radner played on "Saturday Night Live"--were in
charge of U.S. foreign policy. Only President Litella, on having her
error pointed out to her, would have the good sense to say: "Never
mind."
Come to think of it, the Litella analogy even explains that bizarre "Cheerios"
comment we highlighted yesterday. What's all this fuss I keep
hearing about military action against cereal? (James
Taranto)
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