Walter Russell Mead: The Constitution, the Sour Spot, and the Great Syria Train Wreck
"President Obama finds himself in the biggest and ugliest public mess of his career, with a total policy meltdown playing out on the front pages and cable TV studios of the world. It is like a slow motion Bay of Pigs, unrolling at an agonizing, prestige wrecking pace from day to day and week to week." [rdbrewer]