Stray Thoughts On Bush Putin

I find it very interesting that Bush is willing to screw up Soviet/American relations over the missle defense system.

Bill Plante reports for CBS News that "the missile defense standoff has set back American relations with Moscow like nothing else in years," and "that no matter how much Mr. Bush tells Putin the defense system is not aimed at Russia, Russia is likely to believe that it is."

Ok, I'm not surprised. But isn't it just another example of Bush's boneheaded leadership?

The missle defense system has been a consistent loser in terms of technology, and has yet to even be proven possible. And as William Arkin points out, it's not even needed in Europe. In fact, installation of such a system is a tacit acceptance that Iran will 1) be a nuclear power and 2) have the missle capabilities to deliver such weapons. But yet Bush, in the weakest position of any international leader in a long time, is willing to reinstate a cold war?

The boy king is going to leave an enormous mess in his wake.

But then, you already knew that.