The president seem to be loosing his patience lately, saying in Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry:
"These problems didn't arise overnight and they don't get solved overnight," .
Well Mr. President, let me remind you how you flunk, with a 6 year head start, DIPLOMACY 101, here is the proof:
1- Kyoto Treaty:
BUSH: "We'll be working with our allies to reduce greenhouse gases," Bush told reporters ahead of his meeting with Schroeder. "But I will not accept a plan that will harm our economy and hurt American workers."
NewsMax.com Wires
Friday, March 30, 2001
2- ABM Treaty:
BUSH: "I have concluded the ABM treaty hinders our government's ability to develop ways to protect our people from future terrorist or rogue-state missile attacks," Mr Bush announced following a meeting with his National Security Council.
BBC News
Thursday, December 13, 2001
3- International Criminal Court:
Apart from damage to Washington's ties with its European allies or to its image abroad, the decision may set a dangerous precedent in international law.
"This unprecedented action suggests to the world that the signature of a U.S. president lacks enduring meaning," said Mark Epstein, the director of the World Federalist Association. "At the very time, the U.S. seeks signatures and ratifications of anti-terrorist treaties, an 'unsigning' by the Bush administration will undermine the power of the international treaty system."
And worse, it may encourage others to follow the U.S. lead.
"Other countries might well use this precedent to justify backing out of international commitments that are important to the U.S.," noted Michael Posner, director of the New York-based Lawyers Committee on Human Rights.
AlterNet
Monday, May 6, 2002
4- 1994's Clinton Agreed Framework (US / North Korea):
After Bush cut off the ties in the fall of 2002, North Korea reacted by threatening to abrogate the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, kick out the international inspectors, unlock the rods, and haul them to a nearby reprocessing facility. Bush called these threats "blackmail" and said that even sitting down to talk about them would constitute "appeasement." The North Koreans went ahead and did what they said they would do. Bush did nothing, diplomatically or militarily.
Slate
Friday, June 25, 2004
5- Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty:
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty is crucial to global security because it bars the spread of nuclear weapons. The U.S. is currently in noncompliance with the NPT requirements, as demonstrated in the January 2002 U.S. Nuclear Posture Review.
Undated
"If it is a Miracle, any sort of evidence will answer, but if it is a Fact, proof is necessary"
Mark Twain