Prometheus 6

Though it is a natural development give the rhetoric of the Bushistas and their supporters, you gotta worry about the title.

The Perils Of Using 'The Allies'
By Charles Krauthammer
Friday, August 25, 2006; Page A17

The cowboy has been retired. Multilateralism is back. Diplomacy is king. That's the conventional wisdom about George W. Bush's second term: Under the influence of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, the administration has finally embraced "the allies."

This is considered a radical change of course. It is not. Even the most ardent unilateralist always prefers multilateral support under one of two conditions: (1) There is something the allies will actually help accomplish or (2) there is nothing to be done anyway, so multilateralism gives you the cover of appearing to do something.