JAMES TARANTO: The Litella Administration: A new error in U.S. foreign policy:

In a mordant way, it is fitting that this crisis seemingly ended with an administration gaffe, for that is also the way it began. Obama wasn’t doing anything more than thinking out loud last year when he set a “red line” against the use of chemical weapons, but he trapped himself into making it U.S. policy, then demanded Congress and the world back it up. It’s as if Emily Litella–the hard-of-hearing old lady the late Gilda Radner played on “Saturday Night Live”–were in charge of U.S. foreign policy. Only President Litella, on having her error pointed out to her, would have the good sense to say: “Never mind.”

Come to think of it, the Litella analogy even explains that bizarre “Cheerios” comment we highlighted yesterday. What’s all this fuss I keep hearing about military action against cereal?

Heh.