Particularly on foreign policy, George Bush has been all over the place. During the presidential campaign, he denigrated nation-building -- he would do no such thing. Now we are up to our eyeballs in building a nation in Iraq, where, it could be argued, there never was one to begin with. The gun, not the ballot box, is what held that nation together.

Bush and company disparaged the United Nations. Now we seek its imprimatur for the occupation of Iraq. The administration told our European allies -- the "Old" Europe of Don Rumsfeld's scorn -- to kiss off. Now we'd like their troops and money for the effort in Iraq. Rumsfeld, in fact, became the face of a new, pugnacious diplomacy -- our way or the highway -- which now has been muted. The adm

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