Witness the actions of the Bush administration itself:
Libya: held direct talks with the Kaddafi government, which acknowledged responsibility for the 270 deaths on Pan Am flight 103
North Korea: sent envoys and a "warm and fuzzy" presidential letter to the gov't which tested a nuclear bomb in 2006
Syria: Despite withdrawing its ambassador, the US maintain contacts with this "rogue nation"
and, finally, the coup de gras:
Iran: US diplomats participated in talks with Iranians at a conference in Iraq
According to one Bush administration official, "I'd rather be right than consistent." If only his boss could be either.
culled from the NYT
