And make no mistake, these people are usually President Obama's friends. This major, major, gaffe on the heals of Obama accusing Mitt Romney of being reckless makes him look every bit the pompous ass that he is. It's refreshing to see him taking friendly fire on this. As Bill Kristol wrote earlier, Romney must not ease up on this foreign policy opportunity.

Obama thought he had a pass on this issue. Romney has opened a front in the campaign that he must now aggressively fight.