will and he was joined in that by russia. syria s ally. russia doesn t take obama s word seriously at all. he was joined in that by some of our allies in the gulf. one worries the iranians have this feeling. i hate to be in the position of arguing that you need to use military action for credibility reasons, that sounds like the cold war, but in this case, we re seeing the consequences of that kind of credibility of american power slip out of the system and it s dangerous. cokie roberts, the president said assad must go like he said mubarak must go, like he said gadhafi must go and then, of course, he, quote, led from behind. this appears to be the president s first rhetorical jab in every major international crisis, how much credibility does the united states lose if they do not follow through after that and two red lines being cross sfds. i think that s why we re here