I prefer to think in terms of leadership. President Bush enjoys my implicit trust, and therefore I will reserve judgement until the results of his policies manifest themselves.
Does it appear contradictory to mitigate anti terror objectives and dissemble about Arafat, well heck yes it does, but I reserve my judgement in the expectation that the goal of ending terror is the singular principle in the President's mind. I give total, nonjudgemental lattitude to the Bush administration's tactical maneuvers.
clinton demonstrated that he was a coward, a criminal, a vapid leftist hack, and an individual entirely lacking in character and judgement. As such his tactics were suspect because a damnable fool is as a damnable fool does.
Some folks in the media, and even here, cant seem to shift from suspect crookedness mode to expect excellence mode.
I like that. It may take a while...
Jeez. Ya know?