No one would remember FDR’s “Day of Infamy” speech if America didn’t take the war to our enemies and deliver a humiliating defeat in World War II. No one would recall John F. Kennedy’s promise to go to the moon if American astronauts hadn’t kicked up dust later in the Sea of Tranquility.

That’s the standard for presidents who want to deliver historic speeches that propel Americans to greatness. By that measure, Joe Biden fell a hundred yards short of the goal line Thursday night in his televised address on the Israel-Hamas war from the Oval Office.

There were so many red flags that Biden has no plan to put his soaring promises to lead Americans into action, they could outfit a rally in Red Square. Here are some of the biggest.

[The scolding of Americans over “Islamicphobia,” as Biden put it, was the worst part of the speech. Hamas just butchered 1400 israelis and Jews in an orgy of hatred, but criticism is the problem? — Ed]