Everyone's waiting for Bush's reign to end so that the adults and experts can shake hands again.
If you move now, two years before the term is over, you might get caught with your pants down. That's the big problem right there.
You're talking about tectonic plates moving, ith all the residual economic and cultural effects. In the face of another US election two Novembers from this one, I bet no one moves a finger toward the East.
The US really is pushing the limits of the international system of alliances built by Truman and Ike. Bolton and Rice's diplomacy makes the most sense if you imagine them thinking "let's see how far they let me go". European governments are paralysed with disbelief and cognitive dissonance. Nothing is 'mere'. — Richard P. Feynman
