Too Late for Today, but Not for Tomorrow

http://mobile.nytimes.com/article?a=205406&f=20

The last year has seen a slow but in many ways remarkable shift in the Administration's foreign rhetoric and more importantly policy and actions.

They deserve credit for the North Korea deal (though it was painful to watch them flail about for so long, especially since the parameters of the final deal were obvious three years ago). I think it is too late for any other major accomplishments but it makes you wonder what could have been possible the last 7 years had the cheney/rumsfeld axis not been empowered for so long.

That said, this history is important for the practical reason that obama is broadly aligned with the Colin Powell/Nick Burns theory of fp that has been successful while McCain is clearly wired like those who brought us to the current screwed up place.