If I read his post correctly, I think our man Nick is pretty clearly in favor of the 'feigned schizophrenia' technique coming out of the Adminsitration. It's a great strategy. It fools liberals. They think we're being ever so reasonable, letting Richardson use his rappor (ha ha) and going to the U.N. and our regional allies first. "Bush is finally listening to us."
It fools neocons. The only line they want to see is the shrill hard line, and Bush's use of keeping people off balance until he's ready to move in for the kill makes them look single minded and unsophisticated.
It buys us time to get things in order, while leaving North Korea on hold, listening to the slow, sad sound of their regime crumbling away.
Bush just feeds them the rope that they're all to eager to hang themselves with. They can't help but tie the noose and make it tighter it with each passing day.
This Neocon (and I am one in good standing, and pretty much a pure bred) is rarely fooled. LOL. I amuse myself in thinking that my very presence in this neighborhood has somewhat slowed down lazy anti-Neocon comments on this forum. At least, I read fewer of them.