Howard Dean, or as Andrew Sullivan calls him, the International Man of Mystery, says this about the US mission in Iraq:
To succeed we also need urgently to remove the label "made in America" from the Iraqi transition. We need to make the reconstruction a truly international project, one that integrates NATO, the United Nations, and other members of the international community, and that reduces the burden on America and our troops.Now, what exactly is wrong with "Made in America"? Is Dean saying that the US doesn't have the experience, legitimacy or talent to build a democratic state? And that the UN or NATO or Europe do? Not to put too fine a point on it, but the USA showed Europe how to build republican forms of government, not only 60 years ago, but way back when King George III and Louis XVI were running things. Both were slow learners.