Thank God for Condi Rice

In case you doubted that there are dangerously insane people involved in Bush's foreign policy, John Bolton strongly criticized the North Korea deal and Cheney tried to kill it.

I have not put Condi Rice on the pedestal that some have. Her background as an expert on Russia and Eastern Europe seemed ill-suited for a foreign policy that would have to deal with failed states and terrorists. I think this was evident in her failure to recognize the severity of the al Qaeda threat before 9/11. However, she articulates Bush's grand foreign policy strategy far better than anyone else in the Administration, including Bush himself. She and Petraeus seem to be the only grown-ups directly advising the President. For that service, I am deeply grateful.