Then even he, W, backtracked and was eventually bought off and neutralized, witness the final two years of his Administration (2008-2009) and the deplorable foreign policy he carried out re: North Korea as administered by the pathetic, naive likes of Condoleeza Rice and Christopher Hill.
NOW look what we have to show for this shortsighted Bush nonsense, when he was SO on track in the early part of his first Administration.
The fact that Bush was right early in his administration led to ridicule and continual attacks by the Democrats and the MSM. When Condi Rice and others screwed up later on they were not attacked and were treated as well as any of the Bush Administration people were.
The recent actions of the Obama Administration which have been a total disaster and may lead to war in the Pacific are also not attacked by the MSM and the Washington elites.