Maybe Bush IS IN CHARGE:

The image of Bush as a rudderless ship held barely afloat in the swollen seas created by the hurricane-strength feuding among his foreign policy advisers is evocative. But it is profoundly wrong. Bush, in fact, is very much in charge of his own administration, on the domestic as well as the foreign policy front. His decision to surround himself with “very strong, smart people” who often disagree was a deliberate one. “I know that disagreement will be based upon solid thought,” Bush said about his team before taking office. “And what you need to know is that if there is disagreement, I’ll be prepared to make the decision necessary for the good of the country.”

But maybe he should be replaced:

Ultimately, though, the Bush revolution is bound to fail, because its core premise — that America’s security rested on an America unbound — is deeply mistaken. For all the talk of the United States as a hyperpower, the world at the start of the twenty-first century is beyond the ability of any one country to control. Many of the most important challenges America faces overseas — from defeating terrorism to promoting economic prosperity and halting the spread of killer diseases — can be tackled successfully only with the active cooperation of others. The Iraq example demonstrates that American power is not enough to ensure such cooperation. Rather than follow the American lead as Bush and his advisers predicted other countries would inevitably do, the rest of the world has largely chosen to abstain. In contrast to other peace operations in the past decade, where the American troop and financial contribution represented a small percentage of the overall effort, the vast majority of the troops deployed, casualties suffered, and dollars expended in Iraq are American.