Any Real American President Would Be Embarrassed by This One's Syrian Pratfall

President Obama woke up Monday facing a Congressional defeat that many in both parties believed could hobble his presidency.  And by the end of the day, he found himself in the odd position of relying on his Russian counterpart, Vladimir V. Putin, of all people, to bail him out.

. . . New York Times news report

Putin emerges as powerful and statesmanlike; Obama as an inept and clownish caricature of a leader of a supposedly great but currently ridiculous nation.

It could hardly be more humiliating for the community organizer in chief and the U.S. ! ! ! !