] Mr. Bush might have done better at wooing broader ] international support if he had spent less time on ] self-justification and scolding and more on praising the ] importance of international cooperation and a ] strengthened United Nations. Instead, his tone-deaf ] speechwriters achieved a perverse kind of alchemy, ] transforming a golden opportunity into a lead balloon. [ But other countries hate america, so they're the enemy. -k] President Bush's Lead Balloon |