WHAT? LIBYA? OH, RIGHT: Scant Planning for Post-Qaddafi Libya.

Of course, at the rate we’re going — despite the days-or-weeks-but-not-months promise from several months ago — Qaddafi will die of old age before we kick him out anyway.

As I said a while back, “Waging war halfheartedly, on the cheap, and by committee is not a formula for success.”

Some criticized me at the time for not appreciating the brilliance of Obama’s plan. Well, the brilliance remains obscured.

UPDATE: Brits not buying ‘Days, Not Weeks’.

Meanwhile, the White House seems shockingly somnolent about Syria, even though Syria has been a much more serious enemy of the U.S. and Israel than Libya in recent years. “If there is a country in the Arab world where trying to shape events is a vital American interest, it’s Syria. For starters, the brutal regime is the linchpin to Iran’s growing influence in the region and a key transit point for weapons and insurgents heading to Iraq, Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza. Successfully nurturing a friendly opposition in Syria could change the dynamics of the region and cut off at least three of Iran’s tentacles. Now that would really advance the cause of peace. Yet, in the one place where an active American role seems more than justified, Obama is acting like a deer caught in the headlights. Odd, isn’t it?”

ANOTHER UPDATE: Kim du Toit emails: “Pick ANY actual crisis that has faced this President, and the reaction has been identical. The only time he has been decisive is when there’s been an opportunity to punish his political adversaries.” It’s all a question of priorities, I guess.

MORE: Dodd Harris emails:

“Obama is acting like a deer caught in the headlights.”

I don’t think he’s acting.

Heh.