AP: "These Are Dreary Days For US Diplomacy"...

Associated Press Tom Raum July 27, 2006 at 08:08 PM
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These are dreary days for U.S. diplomacy.

A string of disappointments in recent weeks has left Washington's role as a global power broker diminished. The unalloyed U.S. support for Israel during two weeks of fighting with Hezbollah insurgents in Lebanon and American refusal to agree to a quick cease-fire are leaving the Bush administration ever more isolated internationally.

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