Calling Obama's bluff?

In a few weeks, we will read the Torah portion that hints at the story of Nachshon the son of Aminadav. The story is told in the Medrash and is quite well known. The Midrash relates that during the Exodus, when the Israelites reached the Red Sea, it did not automatically part. The Israelites were trapped between the Egyptian army, which would have murdered them or returned them to slavery, and