"There is no doubt," McCain on running for President

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Actually, it could well be argued that by NOT going for a Carter-type change in 1948, The U.S. was infinitely more screwed by Truman's questionable leadership. Dewey's Carter-esque tenure could have been much more advantageous.

Incidently, what do you mean by Carter-esque change? If you mean to imply that every time a reform minded Democrat takes over for an astoundingly unsuccessful Republican, then there's a few Clinton, FDR, and Wilson fans out there who may disagree.

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Forgive me, I somehow forgot that every President before 1969 was irrelevent. And an internationalist diplomacy is not 'weak'. If anything, it's a more adept use of the most powerful foreign policy tool the U.S. has: economic power. Guns and bombs may look good on CNN, but McDonalds and Nike do a lot more to placate potential enemies.

And can we please drop this ridiculous 'war on terror' term. It's no more possible to wage war on terrorism than it is to wage a war on salt.