Demagogue

At least not enough to please Bill Kristol. In the current issue of Weekly Standard, the conservative gadfly is practically apoplectic that President Bush is trying to work through the United Nations to address concerns about North Korea's nuclear ambitions.

It's hard to argue with Kristol's contention that China is likely to block the kind of resolution we'd like to see passed by the Security Council. But is giving it a shot such a bad thing?

Quite ludicrously, Kristol tries to blame the "decline in the president's credibility around the world" on the White House's willingness to work more closely with the European Union and the UN. Where's the evidence to back up that outlandish claim?