promise no boots on the ground and the u.s. won't end up strengthening al qaeda. in effect, a gold dee locks proposition authorizing military actions that's not too hot, not too cold, not too aggressive, not too soft. that's why we are seeing such a parsing on the wording and difficult to get wording that will get the votes on both sides of that debate. >> yeah, jim sciutto good reporting and welcome to cnn. up next my panel. david, let me start with you, you heard the president say he did not set a red line, the world did and his credibility is not on the line, the world's is. do you buy that? >> not really. i give the credit -- the president credit today for taking a high ground and trying to shame the rest of the world