So, Just What Is Obama Doing Against ISIS? Whatever It Is, Don't Mention the War!

Don’t call it a war, says Marie Harf at the State Department.

Don’t look for any definition of “victory,” says Josh Earnest at the White House.

It’s…whatever John Kerry means here.

Kerry tells @NBCNews that the US in non engaged in war with #ISIS instead he calls it "a heightened level of counter terrorism operation"

— SalenaZito (@SalenaZitoTrib) September 11, 2014

Whatever it is, we’re losing potential coalition partners.

.@marieharf to @APDiploWriter re: Turks, Germans backing out of mil assistance: "Why do you always focus on what people say they won’t do?"

— Ali Weinberg (@AliABCNews) September 11, 2014

When did our foreign policy get lined up like a running Fawlty Towers gag?

Update: According to a “Senior Administration Official,” Saudia Arabia shares an “extensive border with Syria.”

ISIL has been I think a galvanizing threat around the Sunni partners in the region. They view it as an existential threat to them. Saudi Arabia has an extensive border with Syria. The Jordanians are experiencing a destabilizing impact of over a million refugees from the Syrian conflict, and are profoundly concerned that ISIL, who has stated that their ambitions are not confined to Iraq and Syria, but rather to expand to the broader region.

Maps disagree.