Sunday, July 22, 2007
Don't know if this is good or bad
Two months ago, President Bush enthusiastically accepted an invitation to visit Singapore in September. But he abruptly changed plans, and his summit with Southeast Asian leaders is off. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is skipping an Asian meeting, too, and tossed out plans to visit Africa this week. Defense Secretary Robert Gates' mission to Latin America? Postponed.Given their propensity to screw up anything they touch, this is probably a favorable turn of events. Unfortunately the rest of the world doesn't look favorably on a one trick pony. Whoever takes office in Jan '09 will have a lot of fence mending to do and a lot of catch up, too.
The reason is Iraq.
As the White House struggles to show progress in the 52-month-old war, other important global issues increasingly are getting pushed to the side, according to U.S. officials, diplomats and analysts.
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