Forked tongue flip-flopping?

Via The New York Times, here's Mitt Romney scurrying up the leg of President Bush's flight suit to attack Mike Huckabee for criticizing American foreign policy under our current commander-in-chief.

"I think we should come together and recognize the great work our president is doing and not take our rhetoric or our plays from Democratic playbook," Mr. Romney said. "This is the kind of stuff you expect of the Democrats, but it's certainly not something you expect of a presidential contender on the Republican side."

But wait, here's Reuters reporting that Romney, also today, criticized President Bush's foreign policy in regards to Iraq.

"I think we did a less than effective job in managing the conflict following the collapse of Saddam Hussein," the former Massachusetts governor said at a news conference. "I think we were underprepared for what occurred, understaffed, underplanned, and, in some respects, undermanaged."

Is this foreign policy nuance - The American war in Iraq has been carried out wrong, but nevertheless, the United States must win in Iraq for global stability's sake - or is this a forked tongue flip-flopping over itself?

We'll see how Iowans see it come Thursday night.