Multilateral Kleptomaniacism

How could I not add this shameless steal from Taranto:

Liberal Democrat Backs Bush
"The No. 2 official in Japan's ruling party sharply criticized U.S. Democratic challenger John Kerry's North Korea policy Friday, adding that he hoped President Bush would be re-elected," Reuters reports from Tokyo:

"I think there would be trouble if it's not President Bush," Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe told a radio program, Kyodo news agency reported.

"For instance, Mr Kerry wants to handle the North Korean issue bilaterally, which is out of the question. We're now in the era of multilateralism," Takebe was quoted as saying.

When it so eloquently underscores my #4 from "Top Ten Reasons You Might Have Liberal Debating Points":

4) You believe that Bush's multilateral negotiating policy with North Korea makes him a cowboy -- and that it's just a coincidence that the North Koreans support your bid for the presidency

Sigh.

What? Oh yes, Kerry wants unilateral actions within the existing multilateral framework! I'm not nanonuanced enough. And of course that's nothing at all like what Bush did in OIF that Kerry would have done everything different about...