Failing the Global (Credibility) Test

In discussing America's right to preemptively attack another country, Sen. John Kerry said during the 2004 debates that "you've got to do it in a way that passes the, the test, that passes the global test where your countrymen, your people, understand fully why you're doing what you're doing, and you can prove to the world that you did it for legitimate reasons."

Republicans were quick to make fun of Kerry claim for a need for presidential actions to pass a credibility test but recent actions have shown that the Bush administration has failed the global test.

Consider what Jefferson Morley of the Washington Post said regarding Iran (one of three members of the Axis of Evil) and the European Unions attempt to restrain Iran's nuclear ambitions.
The EU's problem is that they don't trust the Bush administration approach on Iran. Even Bush's most reliable ally, Tony Blair, has jumped ship on this one. The real-world effect of the failure to find WMD in Iraq is on display in today's agreement. In the face of U.S. skepticism, most nations want to bolster the United Nations not bypass it. With little credibility and many skeptics, the Bush administration is effectively on the sidelines now. This is ironic because the Iranian nuclear ambitions more developed than Saddam Hussein's. But because of the invasion of Iraq--and its chaotic aftermath--the world is even less willing to check it.

So as a result of Bush's failure to pass the global (credibility) test of getting his countrymen and the world to accept his actions, the world is less safe. Congratulations George and Karl.