The last time a US president drew a “red line” and refused to enforce it, thousands of Syrians paid the price.

Barack Obama’s 2012 failure to enforce his red line against the use of chemical weapons by the now-ousted Assad regime in Syria for the fear of empowering jihadists shattered American credibility.

It also emboldened America’s adversaries, Russia and Iran, to continue propping up Assad’s murderous rule.

Obama’s stance was an extension of the same weakness he displayed when Iran’s population took to the streets to protest the rigged vote of 2009, which resulted in the re-election of Holocaust denier Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president.

Instead, he sought to quietly engage with the Iranians to enter nuclear negotiations.

So far, Trump has not looked like a similar pushover.

He has now issued a major promise to the Iranian people, whose current fight for freedom has already resulted in more than 12,000 killed.

Trump must not hesitate or allow external distractions, from........

© New York Post