Analysts agree, however, there needs to be a fundamental change in the way Washington formulates its overall foreign policy before any substantive progress can be made in relations with Iran. "I am afraid the problem is that the United States has this general problem with every nation, it is not just Iran ... Look at the situation in Pakistan for example. The United States doesn't have a clue about the political situation there, or in many other countries for that matter." Even as Bush prepares for his first presidential trip to Israel and other Middle East countries this week, Beeman said the foreign policy strategy for the final year of the Bush administration remains unclear, but at least a military strike against Iran now appears to be off the table. Full Article at American Chronicle