"Bush seems to want to be the president not of the US but of the world"

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Let other nations decide their own fates

By John Nichols
March 10, 2005

LONDON - George Bush seems to want to be the president not of the United States but of the world.

Indeed, since his re-election in November, Bush has made foreign policy - a subject about which he displayed scant interest prior to Sept. 11, 2001 - his primary focus. But, as with anyone who is new to complex subject matter, he has not always been graceful in his embrace of it.

This can lead to embarrassing contradictions, as we saw this week.

The president, appearing at the National Defense University, declared, "Today I have a message for the people of Lebanon: All the world is witnessing your great movement of conscience. Lebanon's future belongs in your hands.".......