Well and graphically put, GUEST. You can see this sort of thing in action in the way the Bush administration uses "diplomacy" in dealing with North Korea and Iran. The Bush administration tells them, "Do what we want you to do and then we'll be willing to negotiate with you." To which, of course, North Korea and Iran respond, quite reasonably, "If we have to do what you want us to do before you'll negotiate, then what's the point of negotiating? Get stuffed!!"

The Bush League doesn't want to govern, it wants to rule.

Don Firth