What DID he mean? Out of a compendium of analyses I thought this about summed it up: this is Peter Baker in the Washingtonpost, washingtonpost.com � White House Briefing � News on President George W Bush and the Bush Administration: "While administration officials have since tried to tamp down expectations of a radical shift in policy, the inaugural speech reflected a worldview dramatically at odds with that in many parts of Europe and the Middle East, where it has only confirmed the image of Bush as an American unilateralist pursuing his own agenda with messianic fervor.'"