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Bush Administration pulls a boneheaded move, angers NATO allies

I won't even get started on how stupidly the U.S. has handled the war on terror by invading Iraq and sort of downplaying our efforts in Afghanistan for several years. We do, apparently, seem to have gotten started on a renewed effort in Afghanistan -- you know, the nation where Taliban and Ben Laden seem to be?

But how idiotic of Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, who's been around awhile and should know better, to make public remarks about our NATO allies being poorly prepared and poorly committed for the fight against the Taliban in Afghanistan. I'm not the only one who thinks so: Our NATO allies are angry at his comments. The Dutch even summoned the U.S. ambassador to explain Gates' remarks.

I wonder whether the Bush Administration will ever get the knack of cooperating with the other nations of the world. I actually thought Bush and his people in recent years were patching up relationships with European allies. It's good to eat "French fries" again instead of those silly "Freedom fries" conservatives felt compelled to invent following the Iraq invasion.

Have we now created a world where Dutch apple pie will vanish??
[tags]NATO, European anger, Robert Gates, just a guy who reads the papers[/tags]