#350 - So Many Reasons: England Prepares for Bush

From Reuters, via Wired News:

Lessons Not Learned

The United States would wage war again, and alone if necessary, to ensure the long-term safety of the world, President Bush said in an interview published Monday.

Questionable Judgement, Hypocricy, Fear of Intelligent Media

"After coming to office with a vow to restore dignity to the White House, the president... granted an exclusive interview to a British tabloid that features daily photographs of nude women," the Washington Post said in an article on its Web site.

The Post said the president had gone "down market" and pointed out that he had not given an exclusive interview to many of the U.S. national newspapers this year.

On Not Winning Friends Abroad

In a YouGov poll for London's Sunday Times newspaper Bush was branded a threat to world peace by 60 percent of those questioned, while 37 percent said Bush was "stupid."