Bush: Time Not Yet Ripe For Mideast Peace Deal (washingtonpost.com)

I just don't know. Sometimes, Bush seems so strong, so willing to say things that need to be said. Like that there's no point in a peace deal in Israel (the Holy Grail of the Euros and the State Department) as long as the Palestinians are under the current leadership. And other times, he's Captain Wobbly.

One theory is that there really is no George W. Bush when it comes to foreign policy, that it all depends upon what advisor currently has his ear, and that right now that advisor is someone (Wolfowitz?) from Defense. The second theory is that he's playing domestic politics, though I don't really see the gain in it for him. The third is that he's no more inconsistent than most people, it's just that his inconsistency is magnified by the office. The last is that he -- or somebody -- is really a genius and that in retrospect everything will make sense.

I don't know. I'm not an expert on Bush's psychology. But he's right this time.