Former Clinton Secretary of State Madeline Albright has come out attacking President Bush's -- and a lot of other Americans' -- religious faith.

"I worked for two presidents who were men of faith, and they did not make their religious views part of American policy," she said, referring to Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, both Democrats and Christians.

"President Bush's certitude about what he believes in, and the division between good and evil, is, I think, different," said Albright, who has just published a book on religion and world affairs. "The absolute truth is what makes Bush so worrying to some of us."

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But Albright says Bush's religious absolutism has made U.S. foreign policy "more rigid and more difficult for other countries to accept."

Bolshevik Storytelling.

Good and evil exist? What a simpleton!

Of course, Albright has a point if the purpose of American foreign policy is simply to make friends -- no matter what kind of monster is in charge of a country. Albright's smiling toast during a visit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, one of the world's most murderous and insane individuals, certainly shows that her judgment on the whole good/evil thing. I guess it just lacks nuance.

However, there is ample evidence that Bush's foreign policy is not completely dependent on the good/evil paradigm. Bush has continued to cultivate America's relationship with China, even after they brought down one of our surveillance planes in international airspace, and as they continue to repress any efforts at political or religious reform. Just last week we were treated to another example: The U.S. normalized relations with Libya.

Albright's rhetoric is little more than a continuing effort to demonize religious conservatives with whom she disagrees with politically.