Ukraine. At the same time he addressed the ISIS crisis, Obama addressed the situation in Ukraine, where Russia is busily invading. Obama said that Europe’s peace was “threatened by Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.”

 “We will defend our NATO allies,” Obama bloviated, “and that means every ally. We will be here for Estonia….You lost your independence once before. With NATO, you will never lose it again.”

 Of course, Obama did make similar noises about Putin’s invasion of Crimea back in May. He condemned Russia’s “intervention” in Ukraine and said the United States would “mobilize the international community to condemn this violation of international law.” Then Putin annexed Crimea and invaded Eastern Ukraine.

 Syria. In August 2012, Obama drew a red line over Syria’s use of chemical weapons:

 We have been very clear to the Assad regime, but also to other players on the ground, that a red line for us…