Given his earlier vacillations on Bosnia, China, Haiti (remember the HarlanCounty) and North Korea, no doubt the president came by his reputation honestly.
Meanwhile, syndicated columnists Rowland Evans and Robert Novak reported yesterday that Deputy National Security Adviser Sandy Berger angrily ordered the Pentagon to proceed to deploy the USS HarlanCounty to Haiti three weeks ago over the objections of senior military commanders who were recommending a postponement of its embarkation.