Obama, his cabinet of academic theorists and token brass lack the experience & gumption for confrontations of this nature. The Bush Doctrine attempted to insure that overt & formal saber rattling gestures invited harsh consequences. The abandonment of such doctrine has been met with immediate and decisive challenges from the proponents of World War III. Our experience with humanity these past 70 years has taught us not to stare into the headlights of an oncoming death train like petrified deer waiting to be pulverized? Has our leadership learned that same lesson?