SOMEONE FINALLY SAID IT – AT 10:14 A.M. ET:   It was Lindsey Graham, last night, who fundamentally said that the president of the United States doesn't live in the real world.  From Roll Call:

After praising President Barack Obama on immigration, South Carolina GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham blasted the foreign policy portion of the State of the Union speech.

“The world is literally about to blow up,” Graham said, saying he completely disagrees with Obama on Iran policy.

Obama pledged to veto any additional sanctions legislation while negotiations over the Iranian nuclear program are ongoing.

“The world as I know was not remotely described by the president. Syria is a contagion,” Graham said.

“Explain to me what happens if the Syrian conflict goes on another year and Assad continues to win,” Graham said, referring to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. “Iraq is disintegrating. The whole region is moving toward chaos, and we’re doing nothing. We’re talking about limiting drones?” said Graham, who brought “Duck Dynasty” co-star Korie Robertson to the speech as his guest.

“I hope he will leave a residual force in Afghanistan [so] they can do the job, because if he doesn’t, it will fall apart at a faster pace than Iraq,” Graham said, referring to keeping a support force past 2014.

COMMENT:  I know there are some Republicans who don't like Lindsey Graham.  But on defense and foreign policy he's been an enormous and knowledgeable asset.  And of course he's right.  Obama's world is a fantasy world cooked up on the left-wing couches of faculty lounges.  Americans, in some new polls, seem to agree, and yet they fear more military involvement in the Middle East.

That doesn't mean the world will actually blow up, though.  More concessions by the West, led by an indifferent United States, will prevent that.  But when the blowup does come, we will be that much weaker.  By that time Obama will be secretary-general of the U.N., distancing himself from his own country.

January 29, 2014