It was almost a funny moment . . . until you realized that members of the press were openly laughing at the fecklessness of the ostensible leader of the free world.

On today's Morning Joe, the Washington Post's Eugene Robinson, his voice occasionally cracking with emotion, repeatedly insisted that President Obama would use military force if necessary to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. Andrea Mitchell eventually had enough, saying in a devastating aside "ask Bashar al-Assad," an allusion of course to how President Obama ran away from his red line in Syria. Joe Scarborough laughingly joined in, repeating "ask Assad." Even Mika Brzezinski couldn't suppress a smile [see screencap below.]

If they're laughing at Obama on an MSNBC set, what do you think they're doing in Moscow, in Teheran, in Pyongyang, across the Islamic State and wherever else enemies of freedom and the United States reside?

Is there any greater national security threat than the common perception of weakness on the part of the Commander-in-Chief?