The failure of U.S. policymakers to set priorities is a bit baffling. Why not ease up on Ukraine and try to work with Russia on stuff that matters more?
The answer is simple, really. The Bush Administration is fundamentally and deeply incompetent, doing and acting in ways that undermine, from top to bottom, our national security and our standing in the world. I would have thought that was understood by now, with no need to express befuddlement at the latest example of such behavior.
