The short period of grace for Howard Dean is over, and it took a mere 24 hours. In what’s billed as a “major foreign policy speech” tonight at the Pacific Council on International Policy in Los Angeles, Howard Dean launched a vehement attack on the Bush administration’s “unilateralism:” Dean assails Bush�on ‘unilateralism.’ (Hat tip: NC.)

In the speech, Dean blasted what he called Bush’s “go-it-alone approach to every problem,” as well as what he said was its “radical unilateralism” and “brash boastfulness.”

“We find ourselves, too often, isolated and resented,” he declared, charging that Bush administration officials “seem to believe that nothing can be gained from working with nations that have stood by our side as allies for generations.”

The money quote from this speech, as another Democrat comes out in favor of handing over the security of the United States to the corrupt, dictator-laden United Nations:

Dean said he “would not have hesitated” to launch an attack on Iraq “had the United Nations given us permission and asked us to be part of a multilateral force.”