Latest Bush principle: out with old, in with old

Make no mistake. President Bush is right. At least, that is, about the basic assumptions behind the new Bush doctrine. We are, as he says, living in a post-containment, post-deterrence, post-Cold War world.

So why has the White House chosen to deal with this new reality by traveling back to the future to take on Saddam Hussein? It's Us vs. The Evil Empire all over again, only this time with a Middle Eastern accent.

This worldview is mustier than the plot lines on the WB's Family Affair remake