Behold the Nuance!

I wish I had time to comment on these pieces addressing alliance diplomacy and missile defense, but you should see them regardless of whether I add any purported value.

Austin Bay. Stratfor.

If our failings were based on inexperience, I'd have hope our leaders could learn.

But our leaders can't help themselves--they are who they are. And we have to face the world with the leaders we have and not the leaders I wish we had.