All Is Not Lost in US Foreign Affairs
Editorial, Globe and Mail | October 31, 2008
While it is true that G.W. Bush has ruined his country's finances, alienated many of its friends and botched the risky occupation of Iraq, not everything was a disaster. ++ Coaxing China into a rules-based economic system and seeking closer ties with India are two major steps. ++ Dashed hopes in Russia and the Middle East are not his fault and the “mad-dog” president wisely kept cool about Chavez and let the EU work with Iran. ++ The next president gets a foreign affairs fixer-upper but the repairs should not be as hard as some say.
