His hand in every mess

I am sure that to a lot of people it seems unfair to find the shadow of King George in one messy corner of the world after another. But fact is fact, and the unitary hand of Bush seems never to tire at throwing monkey wrenches pell mell all over the global stage.

In yesterday's NY Times, Nicholas Kristof (in "Talking With The Monsters") wrote about what The Decider has NOT done vis-a-vis North Korea. Here is an excerpt from Kristof's article:

"The administrations of both the first President Bush and of President Clinton talked to North Korea. That engagement sometimes seemed distasteful, but it averted war and created incentives for North Korea to moderate its behavior — just a bit.

"The bottom line is reflected in the plutonium obtained by North Korea. Here’s the scorecard: Amount obtained during the Clinton administration, zero; amount obtained under this administration, enough for about eight nuclear weapons. (North Korea has also tried since late in the Clinton administration to enrich uranium for a separate path to nuclear weapons, but apparently still hasn’t succeeded and perhaps never will.)"

27 days from today it will be election time. With the right outcome, damage control should kick into gear.