Ramesh, I’m sure you’re right about the Afghan War (for now). “I been ’buked,” as the old spiritual has it. I was thinking more of the New Year’s greetings to the Iranian leaders, the early interview on al-Arabiya, the jettisoning of the terms of war (“enemy combatant”), the balking on missile defense in Eastern Europe, the refusal to trade freely with Colombia, and so on. Also: The “freedom agenda,” it dead.