A burst of diplomacy

Ah, George W., the ultimate diplomat:

WASHINGTON - President Bush reaches out to allies this week for help in quelling violence in Iraq and Afghanistan, in a burst of diplomacy from a Baltic summit of NATO partners to Mideast talks with Iraq's prime minister.

Just back from an eight-day trip to Asia, Bush was leaving on Monday on another overseas trip as pressure builds at home for a change in his administration's Iraq strategy amid deepening tensions and violence in that country.

It's really inspiring to see our dear leader out there doing the diplomacy thing. Makes you feel really confident about the future, doesn't it?

Actually, it's begging to look as though W has gone into hiding abroad the way his dad did in the final year of his regime. Of course, there were huge differences between daddy Bush and baby Bush. Daddy Bush actually knew something about conducting diplomacy. Baby Bush thinks that throwing a screaming tantrum is the way to get things done.