Fred Kaplan wonders if George W. Bush even understands his own foreign policy.
This is one of the things that Bush-backers either don't "get" about criticisms of him or choose not to recognize because the truth is just too painful. There is a real sense of disconnect between what the man says and what his administration does. So even if you think one of those things is the right course of action, you get really worried about the other. And of course, it's also possible for neither to be wise.