tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9432583.post112617244838391348..comments2024-01-16T22:44:45.454-05:00Comments on The TransAtlantic Assembly: Bush, Kofi, and the international community: friends forever?Scott M. Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02806282026211879465noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9432583.post-1126212470078122472005-09-08T16:47:00.000-04:002005-09-08T16:47:00.000-04:00These comments really irked me. To say 'thank you'...These comments really irked me. To say 'thank you' by saying, "We are great and we deserve this, so thank you" is not much of a 'thank you'... it's just not very gracious. Can't you just say 'thank you'?? <BR/><BR/>But the U.S. hasn't demonstrated much diplomatic prowess at the high level lately. With Iraq, it chose to commence an illegal war before exhausting all diplomatic, peaceful means of dispute resolution. Diplomacy isn't really where this administration's strengths lie. Rice has been saying lately, "Now is the time for diplomacy." No, before the U.S. went to war was the time for diplomacy. Isn't that what the Dept of State is for? I found these latest comments to be another example of a poor showing by the U.S.'s top diplomat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com