Josh Marshall's comments today on the Bush administration's approach to NATO are smart. I suppose it remains to be seen if, and how, NATO will be weakened by the current disputes over Turkey and Iraq. In much of what the administration is doing in the international arena, I'm prepared to give them the benefit of the doubt in at least one respect: it's o.k. to try to drive a hard bargain -- as long as you don't back yourself into too tight of a corner. What I'm worried about is the administration's courting of unilateralist sentiment on the home front. Democracy promotion, if it's going to happen, will require allies.