Bush boy's faith-based optimism gets him shivved in the ribs again

What a fool. A person with a working brain would have long ago figured out that the universe doesn't give a shit what you want if your best claim for it is your belief that God loves and is looking out for you personally.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/02/nato-allies-turn-down-bus_n_94780.html




U.S. President George Bush and Romanian President Traian Basescu walk together to participate in a joint press availability in Neptun, Romania Wednesday, April 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)


BUCHAREST, Romania — President Bush suffered a painful diplomatic setback Wednesday when NATO allies rebuffed his passionate pleas to put former Soviet republics Ukraine and Georgia on the path toward membership in the Western military alliance.

The decision, to be made final on Thursday, was sure to be cheered by Moscow, which heatedly opposes NATO's eastward expansion.

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It was a sour outcome for Bush at his final NATO summit as he sought to polish his foreign policy legacy. Instead, he wound up sidetracked by opposition and splits among European allies. It was a result that was foreshadowed by public statements from France and Germany but Bush nevertheless put his prestige on the line and even made a stop in Ukraine on Monday to argue his case.

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Bush was counting on the summit to strongly endorse plans for an anti-missile shield in Europe despite once-heated objections from Moscow.

The summit's opening dinner ran two hours longer than scheduled as the discussion went around the table, with each leader making his or her case. The White House expressed confidence that NATO would give a strong statement of support for its mission in Afghanistan and that a number of countries would pledge additional troops.

Bush, going into the talks, said he was "optimistic that this is going to be a very successful summit."

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that Germany's Angela Merkel was furious during after after this opening dinner. Wonder if monkeyboy offered her a massage afterward.:evilgrin:

"...go foreign, go global....stay out of town...try to leave some lasting 'legacy' with foreign countries since the USA is pretty much done with you..."

People aren't rushing to help Bush secure his "legacy"? At least, a legacy that doesn't lead off with launching two wars of aggression, torture, disastrous economic policies that have impoverished millions, and an arrogance that harkens back to the worst excesses of the worst dictators of the 20th century? Don't they know how much Bush needs a few cheap victories in his remaining months in office?