"Only that somehow they manage to find themselves lying again, putting their True Believers in the position of assimilating this switch, somehow, also."

[I think the real "problem" is you allowed yourself to be misinformed, then when your twisted reality is shown to be false, you jump to your favored conclusion that Bush is lying. ]

Hoping that Europeans will be successfully and doing what we think is reasonable to assist in this is not a position switch. It's continuation of policy, but the deal isn't done yet: as the situation moves forward one or two steps it will undoubtively will move backward one or two steps {ETC}. This is normal for the negotiation process. And it could a few years or tomorrow that a firm agreement is reached.