Amen
Let me know if you see a serious analysis of the Bush foreign policy, because I don't see any evidence that anyone is really watching. Instead, we get these idiotic partisan claims. People would feel a lot better if they would undertand the importance of the international unity Bush has fostered by carefully and persistantly building relationships. Whether it is NATO's first fighting operation in Afghanistan or the unanimous votes in the UN against Nukes in Iran and NK, these are the fruits of very effective statecraft that should make us feel optimistic and secure. The groundwork has been patiently laid for lasting solutions. It is a mistake to think that the news is in NK's temper tantrums, or violence in Palestine or Iraq and think we were better with checkbook diplomacy or playing Lets Make a Deal with tyrants of thugs. By refusing to paper over problems we have allowed the real problems to surface, and that is producing reassessment and problem solving using many forms of expertise and allies..