When will the grown ups take over?

Just heard this on Marketplace on public radio. Yesterday, the Pentagon announced that only countries who supported us during the war would be allowed to have contracts on rebuilding Iraq. Thus, no French companies, no German companies, no Canadian companies, and no Russian companies will be allowed to get contracts on the rebuilding. At the same time of this announcement, President Bush was calling Russian leaders, asking them to forgive Iraqi national debt. The Russians turned him down flat.

Did the administration really expect anything otherwise? What the hell were they thinking? Were they thinking? Great god, I never thought I'd be glad to see James Baker working for this administration, but he may be the only grown up available.