The idea that Bush has assembled what might be the best foreign policy team in U.S. history, is more important than how "attuned" Bush is or Gore might have been.
I'm thankful everyday that Clinton's foreign policy team isn't involved in this mess they helped create! We have no reason to think Gore would have been any better at surrounding himself with competent people.
I knew our national security would take an eight year holiday with Clinton, and that we'd spend the better part of the of the early millenium cleaning up after it. It didn't take long to unfortunately prove to be correct.
Camille has an acerbic sense of humor and a long view of world history. She is an enjoyable read, as is Chris Hitchens, but she is wrong that Bush has been brash on Iraq.
The simple truth is that for the War on Terrorism to be effective, it must include the re-order of pan-arabic governance, i.e. regimes like the Taliban and Saddam's Ba'ath party.
North Korea is another Clinton clusterfuck, and Bush has a balancing act on his hands. But if any team can multi-task on security issues, its this administration.
That seems to get lost on Paglia.