Bush (with his Katrina foreign policy): "Americans are frustrated" with UN

[ProSense]

Analysis: Bush Sees Fewer Policy Options

Saturday September 16, 2006 7:01 PM

By ANNE GEARAN
AP Diplomatic Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - When President Bush addresses world leaders at the United Nations this week, he will have fewer options and lower expectations on almost every major foreign policy front than a year ago.

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A scan of the globe, however, points up the defensive posture for the U.S. these days and the changed circumstances from a year ago:

-In Afghanistan, a military setback at the hands of a reconstituted Taliban took the administration by surprise this summer. Five years after the U.S.-led invasion ousted the Taliban from political power, the militant Islamic group is proving a resilient enemy for NATO forces in the south while suicide attacks have spread to the capital, Kabul. President Hamid Karzai's credibility has been undermined by the bloodiest fighting since the Taliban's fall, failure to control the drug trade and wide disparities between rich and poor. Karzai is a U.S. favorite whom Bush will see at the White House this month.

-In North Korea, the breakthrough weapons agreement announced during last year's U.N. opening session fell apart weeks later...

-In Iraq, political gains and the capture of a terrorist leader have not stopped the wholesale killing...

-In Iran, the government has accelerated its nuclear program and defied U.N. demands...

More at:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,,-6084836,00.html

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[bluerum]

1. Uh-no George. We are frustrated with you, your administration and

your insane foreign policy.

:wtf::mad::wtf:

[Freedom_from_Chains]

2. I think a lot of Americans are frustrated with the United Nations

That means we are getting ready to bomb the hell out of Iran, or have the Israelis do it.

[Monkeyman]

3. Looks like the Israelis

Cheney on Sept 9th met with their Defence Minister

[Freedom_from_Chains]

6. Yeah then I think you are right,

we are a go with the Israelis.

[Frustratedlady]

4. Man, if I were Bush, I wouldn't mention frustration to the UN...

That bomb would blow up in his face, as he is the one every sane and intelligent person is frustrated with.

Wake up, kid. There are more people in this world than you!

[ShortnFiery]

5. No, my empathies go out to those UN Representatives.

After all, they have to practice diplomacy with this MONSTER:



Talk about your Mission Impossible!

[opihimoimoi]

7. What a thing to say just before addressing the U.N...a sure sign of

a mentally challenged person

He does not THINK of CONSEQUENCES because he thinks GOD Talks to him? How VAIN can this Dufus/GOP be?