MORE BUSH FAILURE

The recent photo-op trip by Fredo to the Middle East has produced a predictable result: no results and our purported allies haven't been fooled.

Bad Reviews for Bush in the Mideast
By SCOTT MACLEOD/CAIRO
Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008
TIME Magazine

...Bush was also harshly criticized — albeit in more circumspect language — in countries with close ties to Washington, including some from the very countries that rolled out the red carpet for the visiting President. Commenting on the two main purposes of the tour, even the most liberal Arab press questioned the sincerity of Bush's efforts to establish a Palestinian state and criticized his campaign to pressure Iran over its nuclear program.

Moving SDI to Europe is going to cost us a LOT, if it ever gets done.

Poles, Czechs Balk at Missile Shield
By ANDREW PURVIS/BERLIN
Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008
By ANDREW PURVIS/BERLIN
TIME Magazine

Poland wants U.S. help in upgrading its own air defense capabilities in return for its cooperation on a project that several officials have said may not directly aid Poland's own interests.

"It is not a race against time. The essential thing is to get what we want from the negotiation, for the Polish as well as the Czech sides," explained Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk, speaking alongside his Czech counterpart, Mirek Topolanek, on the eve of Klich's trip to Washington. Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski has said he does not expect talks to conclude until after November's U.S. elections.

Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski has said..."This is an American, not a Polish project," he said. "We feel no threat from Iran."

In a recent poll, some 70% of Czechs said they did not want the facility on their territory.