It is a diplomatic mission. Neutral ground, foreign leaders can speak their minds there, whether we like what they have to say or not. Perhaps Mr. Bush and his cohorts have offended the majority of the world, but we Americans just don't give a shit. Perhaps that is our problem. I was able to figure out in the early seventies why the rest of the world wanted the arrogant Yankees to go home!

We really are not that much better than everyone else on this planet, whether we think we are or not. The sooner we figure that out, the sooner we can address why we are the most despised people on the face of the planet. I personally don't enjoy the feeling, do you? I don't want to defend Mr. Bush, I cannot defend the man, and I will not defend him.

We can't even figure out what the Geneva Conventions mean anymore. But we will call other people common thugs?