Matt Yglesius is right.

Can anyone look at the countries as categorized below (reflecting the statements of the Bush Administration), and come up with a coherent foreign policy or doctrine?

"Outposts of Tyranny"

• Cuba
• Burma
• North Korea
• Iran
• Zimbabwe
• Belarus

Allies In the War On Terror

• Tunisia
• Saudi Arabia
• Uzbekistan
• Egypt
• Jordan
• Kuwait

Ambiguous Third Category

• Russia
• China
• Vietnam
• Syria

Specifically Cited By Bush Administration As Models of Democracy

• Pakistan
• Algeria

One Election Makes a Democracy In…

• Afghanistan
• Iraq
• Palestine after Arafat died

One Election Does Not A Democracy Make In…

• Venezuela
• Haiti
• Palestine before Arafat died