Forceful Tactics Catch Up With U.S. Months of painstaking efforts by Secretary of State Colin L. Powell to win international consensus for military action against Iraq have been complicated by a growing resentment over what many foreign diplomats regard as the Bush administration's heavy-handed and bullying tactics over the past two years. . . . "The administration seems to believe that if you push hard enough, everyone will give in," said a senior European diplomat. "This hardball presentation is part of the reason this Iraq thing has been hard to sell in a number of European countries. Many policymakers felt their concerns were not adequately taken into account. You're not going to be successful when you threaten and bully them into coming closer to your position." Rest of article here