Bush I officials are nonplused by the apocalyptic and rash Cheney of Bush II, a man who pushed pre-emption and peered over the shoulders of C.I.A. analysts, as compared with the skeptical and cautious Cheney of Bush I (who did not even press to march to Baghdad in the first gulf war, when Saddam Hussein actually possessed chemical weapons)

Mr. Cheney lumped terrorists and tyrants into one interchangeable mass, saying that Mr. Bush could not tolerate a dictator who had access to weapons of mass destruction, was allied with terrorists and was a threat to his neighbors. Sounds a lot like the military dictator of Pakistan, not to mention the governments of China and North Korea.

When Mr Bush visits Australia on October 23, "I think he'll be saying if we can get a fair agreement all around, let's move heaven and earth to get it", he said.
But the Howard Government says the US offer so far is totally inadequate on the key area of market access for Australian farm products such as beef, sugar and dairy.
Mr Armitage was non-committal on the prospects of an improved offer at the next meeting of US and Australian negotiators in Canberra late this month, shortly after the Bush visit.
"I believe we are in a negotiation, with two of our respective most important sectors – agriculture being the issue of the day," he said. "So I expect we'll have a lot of give and take."
Asked if this meant the US was prepared to move on its offer on agriculture, he said: "I didn't say that. *Maybe I'd ask that the Australian position move*. I just noted that this was a negotiation."