Many commentators have speculated as to the failure of the current republican administration as it pertains to "ethics" or even song choice. The media has to a large extent been silent regarding failures of foreign policy. The war in Iraq notwithstanding.
Argentina and Brazil's abandoning of the IMF and prospering, the ascension of the Euro currency, and Russia, China and India's moves toward closer security integration demonstrate the extent to which America's influence has degraded abroad. The Central and South American states are glaring examples of an increasingly turning tide in "the Battle of Ideas." Evo Morales's (the new president of Bolivia) declaration that coco growing should be legalized and natural gas resources owned by the state in a socialist framework aptly demonstrates that the influence the US has in the region is deteriorating.
Is it by coincidence then that George Bush's foreign policy wears a black face?
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