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Flere,
The failures of the administration are failures of execution, not necessarily failures of philosophy. At any rate, I don't think anybody thinks diplomacy is useless or a bad idea. I also confess that McCain's foreign policy philosophy is not particularly articulated or well understood. But the international community simply is not capable of working in a collective, communal way - there is a need for leadership, and that need will be filled by somebody. Because of the US's peculiar qualities (governed by a document which emphasizes individual freedom and individual happiness, for example), I believe the world (and, of course, the US) is better off if the US takes a strong leadership position in the international community.
This is not the same point of view which you are describing and condemning in your post. It may be that McCain doesn't have the vision and ability to execute this vision, but the fact that Obama seems to reject it is extremely troubling to me.
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