Obamas bruised ego
And thats what this is all about.
Following the news reports, Obama was very clearly leaning against the war.
But when the Russians compared him with a monkey playing with a grenade everything changed.
Some on the right have their hands dirty too. They (chickenhawk Hannity, for one) kept on and kept on mocking him for being a wuss for drawing a line in the sand and then not doing anything when it was crossed. So now bammy is going to go all macho to prove how tough he is, and the result is going to be a disaster.
(chickenhawk Hannity, for one)
They changed the meaning of the term during their war on Boooooosh.