BWL said it best, contrasting "charcoal gray" vs "dove gray."

ALL poiticians talk out of both sides of their mouth, anyway, so as citizens and as voters we need to observe actual decisions, not pronouncements. Actions DO speak louder than words. Everyone gives lip service to the pursuit of peaceful means, just as everyone needs to maintain the implicit threat of possible military action as a factor in negotiations. But, quite obviously, different folks tend towards different emphases.

Bush and his entire coterie have shown that they see diplomacy only as an irritating process you are expected to hurry through before you can start the real fun and drop the bombs. This gang of short-sighted thugs cannot be allowed to speak for our country any longer!