Bush and the Americas Split on Terrorism Agenda

By Marcela Sanchez
Special to washingtonpost.com
Thursday, September 11, 2003; 8:00 PM


President Bush's declaration last Sunday that Iraq is now the "central front" in the global war on terrorism was the latest twist wringing the lifeblood out of the momentum to erect a new security structure for the Americas.


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But with every shift from Washington, most people of the Americas, facing threats more real than Saddam Hussein loyalists or ineffective power grids in an oil-rich land, have come to believe more and more that Washington is confused at best, and oil-thirsty at worst. And so, solidarity with the United States declined, as did popular support for leaders desperately trying to stay in sync with Washington.

Perhaps it is time to declare the antiterrorism momentum in the Americas is exhausted--and to move on.



http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62405-2003Sep11.html


drip, drip, drip...

This points out how the * administration had fumbled the ball.

:bounce: I know I'm exhausted