Pardon the Language

VodkaPundit » Pardon the Language:
"A year into the Syrian Civil War, President Obama made an off-the-cuff remark regarding chemical weapons. He said:
"We have been very clear to the Assad regime, but also to other players on the ground, that a red line for us is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized. That would change my calculus. That would change my equation."

If “whole bunches” of things “being utilized” or maybe just “moving around” changing his “equation” counts as being “very clear,” I’d hate to see what ambiguity would have looked like. 
But none of that matters, because everybody knew Obama wasn’t being serious, because the very next day his aids leaked that the President might not have really meant the things he’d sort-of said.
Obama wanted the appearance of seriousness, I think he thought he appeared to be serious, but there was no actual seriousness to be found anywhere in the President’s general vicinity."