The most infamous example. of course. is when the President remarked that the use of chemical weapons by Bashar al Assad of Syria would constitute a red line and then. after Assad had crossed that red line and used chemical weapons on his own people. the President did essentially nothing in response. thus damaging the United States credibility on the world stage in the eyes of both our friends and our foes. And I dont have to remind the Senate what has happened since that time. More than 200.000 Syrians have lost their lives in this terrible civil war. and millions of Syrians have become displaced. either internally within the country or outside of the country in refugee camps. such as those I visited in Turkey and others in Lebanon and Jordan. just to name a few places. So there are consequences associated with tough talk and no action. The second pattern I have observed is what might be what my dad called. when I was growing up. paralysis by analysis.