President Obama prefaced his NCAA basketball prognostications on ESPN today with a cursory appeal to Americans to go to a website, while making their NCAA picks,  if the want to help Japan.

Then he jumped right into college basketball, explaining his tournament picks like Churchill in a war room.

I try not to criticize the President gratuitously, but good Lord.

Is it me? Or is it ridiculous for a President of the United States to make such an announcement while its chief Asian ally burns?