The trouble with a half-assed, piece-meal foreign policy, as Hunter alluded to this evening, is that it doesn't provide policymakers, the media, or the public with a coherent storyline for what's going on in the world or how we fit into it. Aside from the more pedestrian dangers that arise from such a failure, this is particularly problematic when that storyline is approaching its climax at full speed and nobody is at the helm to even observe our collision with it. An example:

Both Russia and China are united over Iran, as China signs a $100billion oil and gas deal with them and Russia declares it believes they are not developing nuclear weapons while simultaneously offering to enrich their uranium. Dick Cheney insults Russia and George Bush is constantly fucking with Iran (sorry, just too many news articles to link to here). Vladimir Putin decides Russia needs a stronger military and is busy engaging in cooperative war games with China.

What's all this got to do with our foreign policy? Follow me below the jump, and you'll find something VERY interesting...