WHILE OBAMA HEDGES, U.S. Flames Syria On Facebook. “In case anyone missed it, Ford’s missive had an Arabic translation below the English. It’s at 770 comments and 86 Likes as of this writing. And that’s typical of the embassy’s Facebook page. It’s way less mealy-mouthed than the Obama administration’s IRL diplomacy.”

UPDATE: Reader Catherine McMillan writes: “How times have changed. Mr. Assad: Post on this wall!”