My point is that international affairs are never black-and-white like so many on the far Left and far Right would have you believe. There is a lot of gray area. And the gray area is usually dominated by diplomats. Something this administration is sorely lacking in.
I don't think the failure to comprehend this is a problem for the extremes - but rather for armchair pundits and warriors all across the ideological spectrum. Bush referred to the North Korean dictator as a pygmy, said he had a visceral hatred of the man, and put him into the "Axis of Evil." Such things do not help.