Asian leaders fail to back Bush's strategy to curb North Korea's nuclear ambitions

[deminks]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1952179,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=12

President George Bush suffered his most visible diplomatic setback since his party's defeat in mid-term elections yesterday when Asian leaders failed to back Washington's call for robust action against North Korea.

Mr Bush, in Vietnam on his first foreign trip since the elections, had lobbied strenuously for a unified strategy aimed at getting Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear ambitions, meeting the Russian, Chinese, South Korean and Japanese leaders on the sidelines of the summit.

The rebuff - the second for Mr Bush this weekend on North Korea - underlined the president's diminished powers in the wake of his election defeat. So too did the muted response to Mr Bush's presence in Hanoi, a shadow of the tumultuous reception for President Clinton, when he visited Vietnam six years ago.

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The colourful, elongated tunics of Vietnam's traditional dress, the Ao Dai, are worn with much grace by Vietnamese women and men - and extreme unease by the US president George Bush. Donning the costume over his suit for the obligatory "family photograph" alongside 20 other leaders of Asian and Pacific nations, Mr Bush grimaced repeatedly and shifted from foot to foot, a portrait of embarrassment in turquoise blue brocade with yellow trim. It was obvious he couldn't wait to get it off and sure enough, moments after the official photographs were taken, he strode away, ripped it off and folded it up, according to reports. His fellow leaders showed more restraint and waited until they were out of sight.

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[CrazyOrangeCat]

1. Always careful to make a good impression . . .

What.

A.

Dick.

:mad:

[Rainscents]

2. Bush is completely finished since Nov 7th, 2006!

[HCE SuiGeneris]

3. Beware this angry, rabid dog...

he is capable of creating Armageddon to vindicate his attempted ascension to a throne.

[JDPriestly]

4. Spoiled brat. He is a self-centered boor.

And I bet he whines to his minders "Why don't these people like me?"

[Roland99]

8. He's still living his Ivy League years. He's a damned Frat-Boy

[madrchsod]

5. clinton and bush------then and now

courtesy of bagnewsnotes

faces the troops-bush does`t


adoring crowds-barricade



never alone-his only friend



spontaneous-scripted



http://bagnewsnotes.typepad.com/

[Old and In the Way]

6. quack....quack....quack.

What a wasted 2 years this will be.

[annabanana]

7. Pity that we need The Guardian to find out what is

going on this trip, substance-wise.